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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
===Discovery=== | |||
*Bowel obstruction was described in the Ebers papyrus in 1550 b.c., Egypt. | |||
*Hippocrates was first to diagnose and treat small bowel obstruction. | |||
*The first documented treatment was by Praxagorus in 350 b.c. | |||
*Praxagrous'treatment involved a fistula created between the skin and bowel that decompressed the obstructed bowel. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- Bowel obstruction was described in the Ebers papyrus in 1550 b.c., Egypt.
- Hippocrates was first to diagnose and treat small bowel obstruction.
- The first documented treatment was by Praxagorus in 350 b.c.
- Praxagrous'treatment involved a fistula created between the skin and bowel that decompressed the obstructed bowel.