Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of postoperative paralytic ileus and adhesive intestinal obstruction associated with abdominal surgery: Experience with 626 patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 1925-1929

  Ambiru, Satoshi ^a,b   Furuyama, Nobuaki ^a   Aono, Mitsuo ^a   Kimura, Fumio ^b   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^b   Yoshidome, Hiroyuki ^b   Miyazaki, Masaru ^b   Shimada, Hideaki ^b   Ochiai, Takenori ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesive intestinal obstruction; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Postoperative paralytic ileus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARALYTIC ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37749035669     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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