Adhesion-related hospital readmissions after abdominal and pelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis

McGuire, Alistair ORCID: 0000-0002-5367-9841, Ellis, Harold, Moran, Brendan, Thompson, Jeremy, Parker, Michael, Wilson, Malcolm, Menzies, Don, Lower, Adrian, Hawthorn, Robert and O'Brien, Fiona (1999) Adhesion-related hospital readmissions after abdominal and pelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis. The Lancet, 353 (9163). pp. 1476-1480. ISSN 0140-6736

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Identification Number: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09337-4

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.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.thelancet.com/
Additional Information:	© 1999 Elsevier Ltd.
Divisions:	Social Policy LSE Health
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2009 16:50
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2025 17:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/22430

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