Nov 6, 2006 · The 10% incidence of small bowel obstruction after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery is surprisingly high, especially when compared with the absence of intestinal …

In general, in patients presenting with bowel obstruction colonoscopy has a more limited and selective role compared to surgery and of course for the majority of our patient cases with …

Introduction Malignant small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common and distressing complication that occurs particularly in patients with bowel or gynecologic cancer. Although surgery should …

Nov 30, 2017 · Is open abdominal surgery preferable to laparoscopic surgery for management of small bowel obstruction? The authors of a paper, published in Annals of Surgery, [1] looked at …

Oct. 21, 2005 (San Francisco) — Patients hospitalized for small bowel obstruction were likely to require rehospitalization within three years and had an unexpectedly high mortality rate ...

May 11, 2006 · Adhesions are the most common cause for intestinal obstruction, followed by hernia and large bowel cancer. Time to reoperation for obstruction varies markedly and is …

Feb 11, 2021 · Statin use at the time of intra-abdominal surgery was associated with a lower risk for adhesion-related complications and bowel obstruction in this observational study.

Oct 1, 2009 · Commentary on a study on the frequency of small bowel obstruction after appendectomy, published July 2009 in the Annals of Surgery.

Bowel Obstruction The most common cause of bowel obstruction in pregnancy is adhesions secondary to prior surgery or illness (Figure 4). [38, 39] In one study, 77% of the 66 cases …

3 days ago · A national audit of total abdominal colectomy for ulcerative colitis finds low 30 day mortality and a rise in laparoscopic procedures, a new Irish study finds.