Complications and death after surgical treatment of small bowel obstruction : A 35-year institutional experience

• Published in: Annals of surgery Vol. 231; no. 4; pp. 529 - 537
• Main Authors: FEVANG, B. T, FEVANG, J, STANGELAND, L, SØREIDE, O, SVANES, K, VISTE, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott 01.04.2000
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Chi-Square Distribution; Comorbidity; Female; Humans; Intestinal Obstruction - etiology; Intestinal Obstruction - mortality; Intestinal Obstruction - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Original; Postoperative Complications - mortality; Reoperation; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the digestive system; Time Factors; Human; Occlusion; Postoperative; Concomitant disease; Statistical analysis; Etiology; Surgery; Risk factor; Gut; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Complication

To study factors influencing complications and death after operations for small bowel obstruction (SBO) using multifactorial statistical methods. Death after surgery for SBO is believed to be influenced by factors such as old age, comorbidities, bowel gangrene, and delay in treatment. No studies hav...