Bowel obstruction and the long tube stent.
Fifty-eight cases of intestinal obstruction requiring operative intervention were reviewed. Enterolysis alone as the treatment for bowel obstruction as a result of adhesions appears to be as good or better than the long tube stent. Patients treated with enterolysis alone had a shorter period of postoperative ileus, a shorter hospital confinement following operation, and fewer recurrent obstructions. These patients also had a longer interval between episodes of reobstruction than did those treated with an intraluminal long tube stent.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D000267:Tissue Adhesions