title: Laparoscopic management of acute small bowel obstruction.
abstract: 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.
authors: Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Sydney Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Adams
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Wilson
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Brown
mesh_terms: 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