Does bacterial translocation influence the postoperative infections in splenectomized patients after abdominal trauma?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8709449	The Surgeon	2018	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

There is higher risk of bacterial translocation in patients who required urgent surgical treatment (splenectomy) following blunt abdominal trauma and it is associated with a significant higher number of postoperative infections.

Keywords

Splenectomy Bacterial translocation Blunt abdominal trauma Postoperative infections mesenteric lymph nodes

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Does bacterial translocation influence the postoperative infections in splenectomized patients after abdominal trauma?

Authors

Mario Schietroma, Beatrice Pessia, Sara Colozzi, Francesco Carlei, Gianfranco Amicucci,