TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Small Bowel Obstruction
A1  - Go, Kristina L.
A1  - Jordan, Janeen R.
A1  - Sarosi, Jr., George A.
A1  - Behrns, Kevin E.
A2  - Zinner, Michael J.
A2  - Ashley, Stanley W.
A2  - Hines, O. Joe
Y1  - 2019
N1  - 
T2  - Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 13e
AB  - Bowel  obstruction  vexed  medical  practitioners  as  long  ago  as  350  BC,  and  it  continues  to  do  so  today.1  The  management  of  patients  with  bowel  obstruction  is  challenging  because  decision-making  is  complicated  in  many  patient  care  scenarios.  First,  the  diagnosis  of  bowel  obstruction  may  be  difficult  in  a  patient  who  recently  underwent  surgery.  That  is,  does  this  lack  of  gastrointestinal  function  represent  an  ileus  or  a  true  bowel  obstruction?  Second,  the  timing  of  surgical  intervention  may  not  be  obvious.  When  is  an  operation  appropriate  in  a  patient  who  underwent  recent  surgery?  Finally,  what  is  the  appropriate  operation  in  patients  who  have  had  multiple,  chronic  intestinal  obstructions?  All  of  these  scenarios  represent  high-risk  decisions,  and  thus  management  of  bowel  obstruction  requires  critical  analysis  and  decision-making.  The  goal  of  this  review  is  to  provide  a  contemporary  summary  of  the  epidemiology,  diagnosis,  and  management  of  bowel  obstruction  in  a  broad  context  of  impaired  gastrointestinal  function.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2022/08/17
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160041426
ER  -