The work described in this thesis was undertaken due to scepticism of the basically accepted belief that "physiological" ileus occurred regularly after abdominal surgery. The aim, if the scepticism was justified, was to examine postoperative management from this point of view and to present a concept from which individual surgeons might further postoperative management to the benefit and comfort of their patients. The postoperative management of a patient who has undergone abdominal surgery is to a large extent, governed by the findings of abdominal auscultation. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.116782 |
| Date | January 1965 |
| Creators | Baker, Lynne Wilford. |
| Contributors | Webster, D. R. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Experimental Surgery.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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