Laparoscopic management of acute small bowel obstruction: Experience from a Saudi teaching hospital

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-160

  Al Mulhim, A A ^a,b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Faisal University ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADHESIONS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033973057     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900090     Document Type: Article

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