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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Ileus is a disruption of the normal propulsive gastrointestinal motor activity from non-mechanical mechanisms.[1][2] Motility disorders that result from structural abnormalities are termed mechanical bowel obstruction. Some mechanical obstructions are misnomers, such as gallstone ileus and meconium ileus, and are not true examples of ileus by the classic definition. [3]
References
- ↑ Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. The biological basis of modern surgical practice. 17/e. Elsevier Saunders, 2004.
- ↑ Livingston EH, Passaro EP. Postoperative ileus. Dig Dis Sci 1990;35:121.
- ↑ Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, Sleisenger MH. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. Intestinal Obstruction and Ileus. 8/e. Elsevier Saunders, 2006.