Laparoscopic management of acute small bowel obstruction.
Acute small bowel obstruction is commonly due to band adhesions. In the past it has had an overall mortality rate of up to 11% for elderly patients. In this paper we report three cases of small bowel obstruction, treated by laparoscopic division of the causative bands. All patients recovered rapidly and were discharged within 5 days of surgery.
Adams
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Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Sydney Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
Wilson
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Brown
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000601:surgery