Postoperative ileus after emergency surgery for acute bowel obstruction: a case-control study of predictors and impact on recovery.

Langenbecks Arch Surg · 2025 · PMC12401765 · PMID 40889024

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However, fecal contamination was documented only in a few isolated cases—4 patients in the POI group and 8 in the non-POI group—and this difference did not reach statistical significance.

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