Open AccessSmall Bowel Obstruction Secondary to an Internal Hernia after a Robotic Sacrocolpopexy with Mesh
Author(s) -
James Chambers,
Northeast Georgia Heath System
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archives of surgery and surgical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2689-3126
DOI - 10.24966/asse-3126/100029
Subject(s) - bowel obstruction , medicine , internal hernia , surgery , hernia , adhesion , abdominal surgery , general surgery , chemistry , organic chemistry
Small bowel obstruction has been noted to occur in anywhere from 1-10% of patients with a history of abdominal surgery, and in 4.7% of patients after robotic surgery, all of these studies have focused mainly on adhesions being the source of obstruction