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Small bowel obstruction

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 06 Oct 2013Publisher:WileyJournal:Clinical Case Reports, volume 1, pages 100-101 (issn: 2050-0904, eissn: 2050-0904,

Authors: Shireesh Saurabh; Namrata Singh;

doi: 10.1002/ccr3.21

pmid: 25356222

pmc: PMC4184759

Small bowel obstruction

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Abstract

Key Clinical MessageGallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis, but an established cause of mechanical small bowel obstruction in elderly patients. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality as most patients are elderly with multiple comorbidities. Surgery of choice is enterolithotomy.

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