
Recommendations of Gannon for Minimizing Postoperative Ileus in a Patient Undergoing Abdominal Surgery
Purpose: | To identify ways to minimize ileus following surgery based on the multimodal approach of Gannon. |
Specialty: | Gastroenterology Orthopedic Surgery General Surgery |
Objective: | risk factors, complications |
ICD-10: | K31.5, K56, P75 |
Description: | The risk of postoperative ileus can be reduced by certain interventions. Gannon recommended a multimodal approach that can minimize the occurrence and duration of ileus following surgery. The author is from the University of Connecticut. |
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