Let's just wait one more day: Impact of timing on surgical outcome in the treatment of adhesion-related small bowel obstruction

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-179

  Joseph, Sigi P ^a,b   Simonson, Mike ^a   Edwards, Christopher ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICS; TIME; TISSUE ADHESION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875018141     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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