The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Severity Grade is valid and generalizable in adhesive small bowel obstruction.

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The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) anatomic severity grading system for adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) was validated at a single institution. We aimed to externally validate the AAST ASBO grading system using the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional small bowel obstruction prospective observational study.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Trauma Acute Care Surg

Title: The journal of trauma and acute care surgery

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 2163-0763

ISSN (Print): 2163-0755

Publication date (Electronic): February 2018

Volume: 84

Issue: 2

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[1 ] From the Division of Trauma Critical Care and General Surgery, Department of Surgery (M.C.H., N.N.H., M.D.Z., A.C.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Surgery (D.C.C.), Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin; Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery (D.T., J-M.Y.), Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California; Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery (S.W.), Cooper University Hospital, New Jersey; Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery (K.I.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Surgery (D.D.Y.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery (T.M.D.), John Peter Smith, Fort Worth, Texas; Department of Surgery (A.P.), Kern Medical Center, Baekrsfield, California; Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery (J.W.), Inova Fairfax Hospital, Annandale, Virginia; Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery (C.J.R.), Water Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Surgery (K.A.W.), Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania; Department of Surgery (J.C.), Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina; Department of Surgery (J.D.), UC Health Northern Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado; Department of Surgery (E.A.T.), East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina; and Department of Surgery (J.C.G.), San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas.

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DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001736

PubMed ID: 29117026

SO-VID: d59308a2-eb8e-484f-9505-a78a4bf6d53f

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