Effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on patients with adhesive intestinal obstruction associated with abdominal surgery who have failed to respond to more than 7 days of conservative treatment

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 82-83, 2008, Pages 491-495

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

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Intestinal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44349166903     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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