Cost of bowel obstruction resulting from adhesions

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 679-684

  Ivarsson, Marie Louise ^a   Holmdahl, Lena ^a   Franzén, Gunilla ^a   Risberg, Bo ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Adhesion formation; Complications; Costs

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030884469     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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