The incidence of abdominal and pelvic surgery among patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2268-2275

  Cole, J Alexander ^a   Yeaw, Jason M ^a   Cutone, Jennifer A ^a   Kuo, Braden ^a   Huang, Zhiping ^a   Earnest, David L ^a   Walker, Alexander M ^a  

^a Ingenix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Epidemiology; Gallbladder surgery; Irritable bowel syndrome; Managed care; Pelvic surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30844473551     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-3047-1     Document Type: Article

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