TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Small Bowel Surgery A1 - Sein, Vicki A1 - Feinstein, Ara A2 - Mazer, Laura M. A2 - Lagisetty, Kiran A2 - Butler, Kathryn L. PY - 2017 T2 - Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery AB - Surgery of the small bowel is a mainstay of practice for the general and acute care surgeon. Any abdominal operation must take into consideration the small bowel, both as a potential site of pathology or iatrogenic injury during the operation itself, and postoperatively, when ileus or adhesive small bowel obstruction may extend hospital length of stay. Despite the widespread importance of small bowel pathology to surgeons, the care of these patients relies on traditional surgical teaching. Evidence-based management in this area remains nascent, with few randomized controlled trials providing data to either support or refute dogma. Surgeons’ reluctance to undertake a study that appears to deviate from standard care may contribute, in part, to the paucity of high-quality data. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191195621 ER -