Postoperative Small Bowel Obstruction Associated with Use of Hemostatic Agents

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-226

  Hobday, Christopher D ^a   Milam, Michael R ^b   Milam, Rebecca A ^b   Euscher, Elizabeth ^b   Brown, Jubilee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Hemostatic agents

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTESTINAL FIBROSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; VEIN INJURY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; TISSUE ADHESIONS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 68749102136     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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