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National survey on management practices for adhesional small bowel obstruction and nasogastric tube use among general surgeons in Australia

2025-08-13

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: The nasogastric tube (NGT) is recommended routinely by current guidelines in the non-operative management of adhesional small bowel obstruction (ASBO). However, several retrospective studies have reported poorer outcomes in ASBO patients managed with an NGT. We sought to examine current practices among Australian General Surgeons in managing ASBO and using NGTs, assess the...

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Literature Corpus work: 32ef70c0-ed6e-535c-ac81-ac533d3cec8e
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7166930/v1

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