Surgery 101

78. Bowel obstruction

Jan 13, 2012 · 17 min · 8.8 MB
0:00-17:35

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In this episode Alyzee Sibtain discusses the diagnosis and management of patients with bowel obstruction. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to:

  • recoginse the signs and symptoms of small bowel obstruction and large bowel obstruction and relate them to the underlying pathophysiology
  • describe how to investigate the patient with bowel obstruction
  • describe typical X-ray changes in the patient with bowel obstruction
  • outline the initial management of the the patient with bowel obstruction
  • list indications for surgery in the patient with bowel obstruction

Running time 17:35