Elevated preoperative C-reactive protein levels are a risk factor for the development of postoperative infectious complications following elective colorectal surgery
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- 29 August 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 398 (7) , 965-971
Abstract
The present study was designed to evaluate the relationship between the preoperative C-reactive protein levels and the incidence of postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing colorectal surgery.Keywords
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