Open AccessSurgical Manipulation of the Gut Elicits an Intestinal Muscularis Inflammatory Response Resulting in Postsurgical Ileus
Author(s) -
Jörg C. Kalff,
Wolfgang H. Schraut,
Richard L. Simmons,
Anthony J. Bauer
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199811000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , ileus , stimulation , laparotomy , bethanechol , pathology , surgery , receptor , muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
To investigate the pathophysiologic mechanisms that lead to ileus after abdominal surgery.