This study describes the alterations in intestinal microflora during acute bowel obstruction and their relationship to clinical outcomes such as septic complications.
May link microflora shifts to septic complications in bowel obstruction; hypothesis-generating and leaves open need for validation.
A study of the alterations of intestinal microflora that occur in acute small and large bowel obstruction is presented. The results are discussed in relation to the duration of obstruction, the site of obstruction, the recovery following relief of obstruction and the septic complications which profoundly affect the prognosis of these common surgical emergencies.
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Sykes et al. (1976) studied this question.
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