Adhesions after abdominal surgery in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-157

  Grant, Hugh W ^a   Parker, Michael C ^b   Wilson, Malcolm S ^b   Menzies, Donald ^b   Sunderland, Graham ^b   Thompson, Jeremy N ^b   Clark, David N ^c   Knight, Alastair D ^b   Crowe, Alison M ^b   Ellis, Harold ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Surgical and Clinical Adhesions Research (SCAR) Group

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Adhesion prevention; Adhesions; Children; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149133081     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.09.038     Document Type: Article

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