SMALL INTESTINE AND APPENDIX
Case #4 - A 61 year old with crampy mid-abdominal pain |
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: |
10.) If you have to operate and lyse adhesions, what is the chance obstruction will reoccur?
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Patients who undergo lysis of adhesions for small bowel obstruction have about 30% chance of recurrence by 5 years.
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