Delay in operative treatment among patients with small bowel obstruction

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Fevang, Bjøorg Tilde ^a   Fevang, J M ^a   Soreide O ^b   Svanes, K ^a   Viste, A ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b SINTEF Unimed   (Norway)

Author keywords

Small bowel obstruction; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; LARGE INTESTINE DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEUM ADHESION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0037595489     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690309200204     Document Type: Article

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