title: [Acute intestinal occlusions].
abstract: Acute intestinal obstruction comprises a vast clinical entity characterized by the items of the obstruction syndrome. It encompasses numerous etiologies, and in Western countries adhesions are currently the main cause. The work up of this urgent surgical condition must above all be clinical, even though new techniques will probably improve their diagnosis and treatment (CT scan, stent). These new technologies still have to be documented and validated. Likewise, the laparoscopic approach of acute intestinal obstruction has to be prudent. The overall mortality of this urgent condition is still high, more than 10% of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale et digestive Groupe hospitalier La Pitié-La Salpêtrière 75013 Paris. jean-jacques.duron@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Duron
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy; D053685:Laser Therapy; D009336:Necrosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Occlusions intestinales aiguës.