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Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2021
AbstractSmall bowel obstruction (SBO) remains a common problem for surgeons and nonsurgeons alike. Management of SBO has shifted from primarily being surgical to a nonoperative approach, which can be attributed to a multitude of reasons, including better understanding of the pathophysiology of SBO, the advent of laparoscopy, and improvement in ...
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AbstractSmall bowel obstruction (SBO) remains a common problem for surgeons and nonsurgeons alike. Management of SBO has shifted from primarily being surgical to a nonoperative approach, which can be attributed to a multitude of reasons, including better understanding of the pathophysiology of SBO, the advent of laparoscopy, and improvement in ...
Allison A, Aka +2 more
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Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2002
The optimal treatment of patients with small bowel obstruction should be predicated upon answering the following diagnostic questions in each patient: 1) does the patient have mechanical bowel obstruction or an ileus?, 2) could the patient have colonic obstruction or a cause of obstruction other than adhesions (eg, hernia, cancer, Crohn's disease)?, 3)
Joshua M., Cooper, Richard C., Thirlby
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The optimal treatment of patients with small bowel obstruction should be predicated upon answering the following diagnostic questions in each patient: 1) does the patient have mechanical bowel obstruction or an ileus?, 2) could the patient have colonic obstruction or a cause of obstruction other than adhesions (eg, hernia, cancer, Crohn's disease)?, 3)
Joshua M., Cooper, Richard C., Thirlby
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Small bowel obstruction in pregnancy
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2006Intestinal obstruction in pregnancy is rare. Symptoms are often unspecific and a high level of suspicion is essential for early diagnosis. Fetal and maternal mortality rates are higher during pregnancy due to delay in diagnosis.A 31-year-old primigravida with a history of abdominal surgery was admitted because of worsening abdominal pain, abdominal ...
Anke, Redlich +3 more
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Subacute small bowel obstruction or chronic large bowel obstruction
BMJ, 2021### What you need to know A 48 year old woman presented to her general practitioner with a seven day history of colicky lower abdominal pain and vomiting. The intermittent colicky abdominal pain started first when it woke her from sleep. The next day she vomited twice.
Marc, Winslet +2 more
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Mechanical small bowel obstruction
The American Journal of Surgery, 1962Abstract 1. 1. A review of one hundred seventy patients with mechanical small bowel obstruction operated on at St. Luke's Hospital from January 1952 through December 1959 is presented. 2. 2. Sixty-six per cent of the patients had obstruction caused by adhesions and 14.7 per cent had mechanical obstruction due to hernias. Adhesions, previously
L, COLETTI +3 more
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Etiology of small bowel obstruction
The American Journal of Surgery, 2000Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a major cause of morbidity and financial expenditure in hospitals around the world. The leading cause of SBO in the western world has become adhesions. The goal of this study was to determine the causes of SBO.The medical records of all patients admitted to one hospital between 1986 and 1996 with the diagnosis of SBO ...
G, Miller +3 more
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The Small Bowel Enema in the Management of Small Bowel Obstruction
Australasian Radiology, 1983ABSTRACTIn 16 patients with clinical evidence of bowel obstruction and complex medical histories the small bowel was radiologically studied using the intubation method. Clinically significant information which altered the management was obtained in 15 cases.
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Trichobezoar with small bowel obstruction
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1998Trichobezoar is a rare clinical entity. Stomach is the common site of occurrence. Intestinal obstruction due to trichobezoar is extremely rare. We report a case of subacute bowel obstruction in a 7-year-old girl which required resection of the involved ileal segment and release of small bowel adhesions.
A, Varma, B K, Sudhindra
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Laparoscopy in Small Bowel Obstruction
2016Small bowel obstruction (SBO) due to adhesions is a common disease. Incidence, natural history, treatment approach, and preventability of SBO have very little changed over the years. Little progresses have been made in prevention and treatment until around 15 years ago. The introduction of the laparoscopic approach, the availability of more established
Mauro Zago +7 more
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Surgical Endoscopy, 2000
This is a retrospective review of our experience using a laparoscopic approach in the treatment of acute and chronic small bowel obstruction (SBO).Of 136 patients hospitalized in our institutions for acute (94 cases: 69.1%) and chronic (42 cases: 30.8%) SBO, from January 1994 to March 1998, 63 (46.3%) were approached laparoscopically.
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This is a retrospective review of our experience using a laparoscopic approach in the treatment of acute and chronic small bowel obstruction (SBO).Of 136 patients hospitalized in our institutions for acute (94 cases: 69.1%) and chronic (42 cases: 30.8%) SBO, from January 1994 to March 1998, 63 (46.3%) were approached laparoscopically.
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