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'''Small bowel obstruction''', abbreviated '''SBO''', is a common [[pathology]] managed by general surgeons. | '''Small bowel obstruction''', abbreviated '''SBO''', is a common [[pathology]] managed by general surgeons. | ||
This article gives an overview of SBOs. Its primary focus is benign causes of SBO that have nonspecific pathologic findings. Specific causes definitively identified by pathology, e.g. [[adenocarcinoma]], are dealt with separately. | This article gives an overview of SBOs. Its primary focus is benign causes of SBO that have nonspecific pathologic findings. Specific causes definitively identified by pathology, e.g. [[adenocarcinoma]], or by [[clinical history]]/pathology, e.g. [[Crohn's disease]], are dealt with separately. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||