Critical Operative Management of Small Bowel Obstruction
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Guidelines for management of small bowel obstruction.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The description of patients presenting with small bowel obstruction (SBO) dates back to the third or fourth century, when early surgeons created enterocutaneous fistulas to relieve a bowel obstruction. Despite this success with operative therapy, the nonoperative management of these patients with attempted reduction of hernias, laxatives, ingestion of heavy metals (e.g....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-197802000-00017