Geriatric small bowel obstruction: An analysis of treatment and outcomes compared with a younger cohort

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 347-351

  Krause, William R ^a   Webb, Travis P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Geriatric; Keywords Elderly; Outcomes; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922750604     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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