Diagnostic accuracy of preoperative adhesion mapping by ultrasonography for laparoscopic surgery in patients with past abdominal surgery with special reference to loose adhesion

Purpose Endoscopic surgery is widely accepted for both elective and emergent abdominal surgery. This study was performed to assess the accuracy of preoperative adhesion mapping by abdominal ultrasonography (US). Methods Intra‐abdominal intestinal adhesions on the abdominal wall in 50 patients with a...

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