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Studies on the Aetiology Consequences of Intra-abdominal Adhesions

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Adhesions are the commonest cause of intestinal obstruction in the western world. For example, McEntee and colleagues [13] investigated 288 patients with obstruction admitted to four neighbouring district general hospitals over a 12-month period studied prospectively. Adhesions accounted for 75 admissions (32%), malignant disease for 61 (26%) and strangulated hernias for a further 59 (25%). Adhesive obstruction is practically confined to the small intestine, and there are numerous large series reported which show that this cause accounts for some 60% of all small-bowel obstructions [19, 20].

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Ellis, H. (1997). Studies on the Aetiology Consequences of Intra-abdominal Adhesions. In: Treutner, KH., Schumpelick, V. (eds) Peritoneal Adhesions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60433-1_12

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