Postoperative ileus: a preventable event

Volume: 87, Issue: 11, Pages: 1480 - 1493
Published: Dec 6, 2002
Abstract
Background Postoperative ileus has traditionally been accepted as a normal response to tissue injury. No data support any beneficial effect of ileus and indeed it may contribute to delayed recovery and prolonged hospital stay. Efforts should, therefore, be made to reduce such ileus. Methods Material was identified from a Medline search of the literature, previous review articles and references cited in original papers. This paper...
Paper Details
Title
Postoperative ileus: a preventable event
Published Date
Dec 6, 2002
Volume
87
Issue
11
Pages
1480 - 1493
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