[Comparison of early operative treatment and 48-hour conservative treatment in small bowel obstruction (COTACSO): intermediate results].

Unlabelled: Optimal treatment for adhesive small bowel obstruction (SBO) is not defined. Surgery is the only method of treatment for obvious strangulating SBO. Non-operative management (NOM) is widely used among patients with low risk of strangulation, i.

[Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe combined trauma complicated by fat embolism].

It is presented the victim with severe combined injury complicated by fat embolism and acute respiratory failure. Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was successfully used to provide adequate extracorporeal gas exchange in refractory respiratory failure.