TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 29. Small Bowel Obstruction A1 - Sclabas, Guido M. A1 - Sarosi, George A. A1 - Khan, Saboor A1 - Sarr, Michael G. A1 - Behrns, Kevin E. A2 - Zinner, Michael J. A2 - Ashley, Stanley W. PY - 2013 T2 - Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 12e AB - Hippocrates, the father of medicine, recognized, described, and treated bowel obstruction many years ago. Praxagoras appears to have performed the earliest recorded operation for bowel obstruction circa 350 bc when he relieved the obstruction of a bowel segment by creating a decompressive, diverting enterocutaneous fistula. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/25 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57012719 ER -