ACS: Surgery Seen as Best Treatment for Small Bowel Obstruction
24th Oct 2005, 13:49 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO - Patients with a small bowel obstruction who were sent to the OR had better long-term outcomes than those treated non-surgically or whose eventual surgery was delayed, according to a retrospective study.
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