Midline or transverse laparotomy? A rand
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M. J. Greenall; Mary Evans; A. V. Pollock
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Article
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1980
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Summary In a series of 579 patients undergoing major laparotomy, the direction of incision (midline or transverse/oblique muscle-cutting) was decided randomly. The severity of postoperative pulmonary complications was expressed by a scoring system which allowed categorization into mild (score 0โ