Concepedia

Small bowel obstruction secondary to an appendiceal tourniquet

Mark E. O’Donnell, Muhammad Anees Sharif, Anna M O'Kane, Roy A. J. Spence

Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) · 2008 · 33 citations · 8 references

Concepts

MedicineInternal MedicineSurgeryBowel ManagementAppendiceal SurgeryBowel ObstructionColorectal SurgeryGastrointestinal ObstructionIntestinal ObstructionSmall Intestine DisordersBowel Obstruction ManagementLarge Bowel ObstructionPostoperative Bowel ObstructionSmall Bowel SurgeryTourniquet Technique

References

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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF APPENDICITIS AND APPENDECTOMY IN THE UNITED STATES

David G. Addiss, Nathan Shaffer, BARBARA S. FOWLER et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 1990 · 2.3K citations

Public Health, Internal Medicine, Surgery +10

Complications and Death After Surgical Treatment of Small Bowel Obstruction

Bjørg Tilde Svanes Fevang, Jonas Meling Fevang, Lodve Stangeland et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2000 · 238 citations · Full text

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +17

Intestinal ischemia in patients in whom small bowel obstruction is suspected: evaluation of accuracy, limitations, and clinical implications of CT in diagnosis.

EJ Balthazar, MARC LIEBESKIND, Michael Macari · Radiology · 1997 · 179 citations

Medicine, Radiology, Surgery +15

INCIDENCE AND CASE FATALITY RATES FOR ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN CALIFORNIA

Roger Luckmann · American Journal of Epidemiology · 1989 · 155 citations

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Surgery +12

Mechanical small bowel obstruction due to an inflamed appendix wrapping around the last loop of ileum.

M Assenza, Gabriele Ricci, P Bartolucci et al. · PubMed · 2006 · 44 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +16