Spontaneous rupture of the bowel

✍ Scribed by Michael P. Noussias

• Book ID: 101734051
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1962
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 415 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18005022014

✦ Synopsis

THE term 'spontaneous rupture' is accepted by the majority of authors to define perforation which occurs in an apparently normal bowel without any obvious cause. Several writers, however, include under this expression perforation occurring in association with other pathological conditions. Woodruff (1952), for example, reported 14 cases of perforation due to diverticulitis or carcinoma, and Levin and Isaacson (1960) stated that in I of their Kirkham (1960) M.

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--Kirkham (1960) M.