 Ileus
"Ileus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition caused by the lack of intestinal PERISTALSIS or INTESTINAL MOTILITY without any mechanical obstruction. This interference of the flow of INTESTINAL CONTENTS often leads to INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION. Ileus may be classified into postoperative, inflammatory, metabolic, neurogenic, and drug-induced.
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D045823
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.469.531.492
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| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ileus" by people in Profiles.
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Luu MB, Deziel DJ. Unusual complications of gallstones. Surg Clin North Am. 2014 Apr; 94(2):377-94.
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Fineberg SJ, Nandyala SV, Kurd MF, Marquez-Lara A, Noureldin M, Sankaranarayanan S, Patel AA, Oglesby M, Singh K. Incidence and risk factors for postoperative ileus following anterior, posterior, and circumferential lumbar fusion. Spine J. 2014 Aug 01; 14(8):1680-5.
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Hanna EM, Byrd JF, Moskowitz M, Mann JW, Stockamp KT, Patel GN, Beneke MA, Millikan K, Iannitti DA. Outcomes of a prospective multi-center trial of a second-generation composite mesh for open ventral hernia repair. Hernia. 2014 Feb; 18(1):81-9.
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