Adhesional small bowel obstruction in the absence of previous operations: Management and outcomes

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2368-2371

  Butt, Muhammad U ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a   Zacharias, Nikos ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^a   De Moya, Marc ^a   King, David R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350029254     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0200-6     Document Type: Article

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