In-hospital small bowel obstruction after exploratory laparotomy for trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 486-490

  Barmparas, Galinos ^a   Branco, Bernardino C ^a   Schnüriger, Beat ^a   Oliver, Matthew ^a   Konstantinidis, Agathoklis ^a   Lustenberger, Thomas ^a   Eberle, Barbara M ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Ileus; Incidence; Injury; Laparotomy; Prevention; Risk factors; Small bowel obstruction; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051789394     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f12544     Document Type: Article

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