Long-term prognosis after operation for adhesive small bowel obstruction

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-201

  Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes ^a   Fevang, Jonas ^a   Lie, Stein Atle ^b   Søreide, Odd ^a   Svanes, Knut ^a   Viste, Asgaut ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242690609     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000132988.50122.de     Document Type: Article

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