TY - CHAP AU - Pepijn Krielen AU - Martijn W. J. Stommel AU - Richard P. G. ten Broek AU - Harry van Goor ED - Dmitry Victorovich Garbuzenko Y1 - 2020-04-15 PY - 2020 T1 - Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in the Minimally Invasive Era N2 - A group of pathological conditions characterized by the impaired passage of contents from the stomach to the rectum as well as the intestinal obstruction is associated with a very severe course, difficulty in diagnosis, and an unfavorable outcome. Mechanical intestinal obstruction is a current problem of emergency abdominal surgery and affects both the small and large bowels. This book, Intestinal Obstructions, presents information on small bowel obstruction and large bowel obstruction and their various causes, including adhesions, hernias, neoplasms, cancers, drugs, trauma, and others. BT - Intestinal Obstructions SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91896 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.91896 SN - 978-1-78985-130-4 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-05 ER -