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- Title
Adhesion-related hospital readmissions after abdominal and pelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort study.
- Authors
Ellis, H; Moran, B J; Thompson, J N; Parker, M C; Wilson, M S; Menzies, D; McGuire, A; Lower, A M; Hawthorn, R J; O'Brien, F; Buchan, S; Crowe, A M
- Abstract
Adhesions after abdominal and pelvic surgery are important complications, although their basic epidemiology is unclear. We investigated the frequency of such complications in the general population to provide a basis for the targeting and assessment of new adhesion-prevention measures.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1999, Vol 353, Issue 9163, p1476
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09337-4