Adhesive intestinal obstruction
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Management of adhesive intestinal obstruction
Introduction: Adhesive intestinal obstruction is an inevitable complication of abdominal surgeries. It has high morbidity with associated poor quality of life and predisposition to repeated hospitalization. Commonest cause of bowel obstruction in developed countries is postoperative adhesions with extrinsic compression of the intestine. Most of them can be managed conservatively. Methods: A ret...
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عنوان ژورنال: East African Medical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0012-835X
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v83i6.9441