Laparoscopic Surgery for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Bowel Injury: A Population-based Analysis of 8584 Patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 489-498

  Behman, Ramy ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^a,b,c   Byrne, James P ^a   Mason, Stephanie ^a   Hong, Nicole Look ^a,b,c   Karanicolas, Paul J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adhesion; adhesive small bowel obstruction; bowel injury; bowel resection; laparoscopy; small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADHESIVE SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SUTURE; TISSUE ADHESION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INJURIES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; SMALL INTESTINE; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85021442122     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002369     Document Type: Article

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