Defining Postoperative Ileus: Results of a Systematic Review and Global Survey

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 962-972

  Vather, Ryash ^a   Trivedi, Sid ^a   Bissett, Ian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Definitions; Postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876100406     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2148-y     Document Type: Review

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