Associations of the Need for Surgery in Emergency Department Patients with Small Bowel Obstructions

Associations of the Need for Surgery in Emergency Department Patients with Small Bowel Obstructions

Objectives: Management strategies for small bowel obstruction (SBO) vary from conservative approaches to surgical intervention. A known complication of surgery is the subsequent adhesions that can cause recurrent SBOs, longer hospital stays, and higher treatment costs. Our primary outcome was to ide...

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Main Authors: Daniel J. Berman, Alexander W. Mahler, Ryan C. Burke, Andrew E. Bennett, Nathan I. Shapiro, Leslie A. Bilello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2024-11-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/42m202fq
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