title: [Acute intestinal obstructions in adults: quantified semiology (signs and their value) and surgical treatment].
abstract: The prevalence of signs and symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction in the adult was studied in a prospective study of 600 cases extracted from a data base on acute abdomen in 7,000 patients. This study of prevalence allows a precise definition of intestinal obstruction syndrome and to differentiate two types of presentations according to the site of obstruction on the small bowel or the colon. However, it is more difficult to differentiate simple bowel obturation from vascular strangulation. Surgical treatment depends mainly on the cause of obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale et digestive, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Flamant
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies
vernacular_title: Occlusions intestinales aiguës de l'adulte: sémiologie chiffrée (les signes et leur valeur) et traitement chirurgical.