Predicting strangulated small bowel obstruction: An old problem revisited

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Jancelewicz, Tim ^a   Vu, Lan T ^a   Shawo, Alexandra E ^a   Yeh, Benjamin ^b   Gasper, Warren J ^a   Harris, Hobart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestinal strangulation; Small bowel obstruction; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849127571     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0610-z     Document Type: Article

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