Small bowel obstruction

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-79

  Arnell, Tracey ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Obstruction; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXTRAN; FIBRIN GLUE; HALOFUGINONE; HYALURONIC ACID; OCTREOTIDE; OXIDIZED CELLULOSE; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; POLITEF; POLYGLACTIN; SEPRAFILM; SOMATOSTATIN; UROKINASE;

ACCURACY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035781023     PISSN: 15310043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-13136     Document Type: Review

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