Adhesion-related hospital readmissions after abdominal and pelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis
McGuire, A.
, Ellis, H., Moran, B., Thompson, J., Parker, M., Wilson, M., Menzies, D., Lower, A., Hawthorn, R. & O'Brien, F.
(1999).
Adhesion-related hospital readmissions after abdominal and pelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis.
The Lancet,
353(9163), 1476-1480.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09337-4
, Ellis, H., Moran, B., Thompson, J., Parker, M., Wilson, M., Menzies, D., Lower, A., Hawthorn, R. & O'Brien, F.
(1999).
Adhesion-related hospital readmissions after abdominal and pelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis.
The Lancet,
353(9163), 1476-1480.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09337-4
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.