SMALL-INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO POST-APPENDECTOMY ADHESIONS - IN FAVOR OF REPEAT SURGERY VIA THE INITIAL GRIDIRON INCISION

Authors
HAMDAN M JOHANET H MARMUSE JP HAGUE E BENHAMOU G
Citation
M. Hamdan et al., SMALL-INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO POST-APPENDECTOMY ADHESIONS - IN FAVOR OF REPEAT SURGERY VIA THE INITIAL GRIDIRON INCISION, Annales de chirurgie, 47(6), 1993, pp. 507-509
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annales de chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033944
Volume
47
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
507 - 509
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3944(1993)47:6<507:SODTPA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
After appendectomy, mechanical obstruction of the small intestine is o ften due to local bands. This type of obstruction is classically treat ed by median laparotomy. We present ten cases of such obstruction trea ted via the initial gridiron incision, whose advantages are discussed.