TY  - JOUR
T1  - MAnagement of high-grade small-bowel obstruction
AU  - Tabibian JH
Y1  - 2010/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.36
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 404
EP  - 404
VL  - 145
IS  - 4
N2  - 
First, there is no description of surgical technique, ie, open vs laparoscopic. Despite the inclusion of exclusively high-grade (and thus presumably more severe or complicated) cases, according to the attending radiologist's interpretation, recurrence rates were significantly lower (9%) than in prior studies (16% in the largest study of SBO to date).2 One possible explanation for this is that surgical treatment was predominantly laparoscopic instead of open, but one cannot be sure. Technique is, therefore, valuable information that is needed to help understand outcomes in the surgical group.3- 7

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.36
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.36
ER  -