Further reading

Bizer, L.S., Liebling, R.W, Delaney, H.M. and Gliedman, M.L. (1981) Small bowel obstruction: the role of non-operative treatment in simple intestinal obstruction and predictive criteria for strangulation obstruction. Surgery, 89, 407—13.

Dudley, H.A.F., Radcliffe, A.G. and McGeehan, D. (1980) Intra-operative irrigation of the colon to permit primary anastomosis. British Journal of Surgery, 67, 80—8 1.

Ellis, H, (1971) The causes and prevention of postoperative sntraperitoneal adhesions. Surgery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 133, 497—511.

Fielding, L.P. (1993) Colonic surgery for acute conditions: obstruction. In Rob & Smith’s Operative Surgery, 5th edn (eds L.P. Fielding and S.M. Goldberg), Butterworth­Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 397—415.

Omas, S. and Shirazi, S.S. (1984) Colonic pseudo-obstruc­tion. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 79, 525—32.

Jones, P.F. (1993) Stomas. In Rob & Smith’s Operative Surgery, 5th edn (eds L.P. Fielding and S.M. Goldberg), Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 240—301.