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PSEUDO‐OBSTRUCTION OF THE BOWEL IN PREGNANCY CASE REPORTS
Author(s) -
Shaxted E. J.,
Jukes R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10622.x
Subject(s) - bowel obstruction , pregnancy , medicine , large bowel obstruction , complication , surgery , biology , genetics
Summary Two patients with intestinal obstruction in pregnancy are presented and discussed. In neither case was there any obvious cause for the intestinal obstruction. Pseudo‐ obstruction of the bowel has not previously been described as a complication of pregnancy.