Manual Physical Therapy for Non-Surgical Treatment of Adhesion-Related Small Bowel Obstructions: Two Case Reports
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
3. Case Reports
3.1. Patient 1
3.2. Patient 2
4. Conclusions
Conflict of Interest
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Rice, A.D.; King, R.; Reed, E.D.; Patterson, K.; Wurn, B.F.; Wurn, L.J. Manual Physical Therapy for Non-Surgical Treatment of Adhesion-Related Small Bowel Obstructions: Two Case Reports. J. Clin. Med. 2013, 2, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm2010001
Rice AD, King R, Reed ED, Patterson K, Wurn BF, Wurn LJ. Manual Physical Therapy for Non-Surgical Treatment of Adhesion-Related Small Bowel Obstructions: Two Case Reports. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2013; 2(1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm2010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleRice, Amanda D., Richard King, Evette D'Avy Reed, Kimberley Patterson, Belinda F. Wurn, and Lawrence J. Wurn. 2013. "Manual Physical Therapy for Non-Surgical Treatment of Adhesion-Related Small Bowel Obstructions: Two Case Reports" Journal of Clinical Medicine 2, no. 1: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm2010001
APA StyleRice, A. D., King, R., Reed, E. D., Patterson, K., Wurn, B. F., & Wurn, L. J. (2013). Manual Physical Therapy for Non-Surgical Treatment of Adhesion-Related Small Bowel Obstructions: Two Case Reports. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm2010001