McGuire, Alistair, 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. Lancet, 353 (9163). pp. 1476-1480. ISSN 0140-6736
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 |
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| Official URL: | http://www.thelancet.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 1999 Elsevier Ltd. |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Social Policy Research centres and groups > LSE Health |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2009 16:50 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/22430/ |
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