Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
Human disease characterized by impairment of intestinal peristalsis; in modern language usually excludes mechanical bowel obstruction.
1 Furthermore, means of prevention and therapeutic strategies for postoperative ileus are briefly presented.
2 Twenty-eight days after transplantation, the patient developed mild abdominal pain and paralytic ileus .
3 Minor complications included postoperative paralytic ileus , urinary tract infections, and surgical site infections.
4 Methods: Postoperative ileus was induced by manipulation of the small intestine in rats.
5 An old age and preoperative ileus were associated with a risk of postoperative complications.
6 No preoperative mortality occurred, and morbidity was limited to prolonged ileus in one patient.
7 Complications include perforations, abscess and fistula formation or mechanical ileus .
8 Background and aims: Postoperative ileus is a common and poorly understood problem of abdominal surgery.
9 Postoperative ileus (POI) develops after abdominal surgery irrespective of the site of surgery.
10 Paralytic ileus is a temporary arrest of intestinal peristalsis.
11 There were two minor postoperative complications (acute renal insufficiency and ileus ) .
12 Clinically, lipid-rich enteral nutrition may be a new therapeutic option in the treatment of postoperative ileus .
13 The ileus vanished; the swelling was carried off.
14 Only two patients were considered to have IBF when gallstone ileus was observed during the investigations.
15 The condition is formally known as postoperative ileus .
16 Endoscopic decompression of the distended colon has become a useful method of treating non-obstructive colonic ileus .
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