Clinical outcome in acute small bowel obstruction after surgical or conservative management

Meier, Raphaël; de Saussure, Wassila; Orci, Lorenzo; Gutzwiller, Eveline Marie; Morel, Philippe; Ris, Frédéric; Schwenter, Frank

doi:10.1007/s00268-014-2733-6

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Clinical outcome in acute small bowel obstruction after surgical or conservative management

ContributorsMeier, Raphaël; de Saussure, Wassila; Orci, Lorenzo; Gutzwiller, Eveline Marie; Morel, Philippe; Ris, Frédéric; Schwenter, Frank

Published inWorld journal of surgery, vol. 38, no. 12, p. 3082-3088

Publication date2014

Abstract

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is characterized by a high rate of recurrence. In the present study, we aimed to compare the outcomes of patients managed either by conservative treatment or surgical operation for an episode of SBO.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

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MEIER, Raphaël et al. Clinical outcome in acute small bowel obstruction after surgical or conservative management. In: World journal of surgery, 2014, vol. 38, n° 12, p. 3082–3088. doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2733-6

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PID : unige:42029
DOI : 10.1007/s00268-014-2733-6
PMID : 25145820

ISSN of the journal0364-2313

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Clinical outcome in acute small bowel obstruction after surgical or conservative management

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is characterized by a high rate of recurrence. In the present study, we aimed to compare the outcomes of patients managed either by conservative treatment or surgical operation for an episode of SBO.

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