Epidemiology and prevention of postsurgical adhesions revisited

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 12-19

  Ten Broek, Richard P G ^a   Bakkum, Erica A ^b   Van Laarhoven, Cornelis J H M ^a   Van Goor, Harry ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Complications; Laparoscopy; Laparotomy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ICODEXTRIN; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TISSUE ADHESION; WOUND INFECTION; COST; ECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 84953775747     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001286     Document Type: Review

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