Surgery for acute abdomen in adult patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities.
Akinori IchinoseYuji IshibashiFumihiko HataoYasuhiro MoritaPublished in: Annals of surgical treatment and research (2023)
Acute abdomen in patients with severe MID was often due to bowel obstruction caused by volvulus. Because patients with severe MID have few symptoms, they are susceptible to adverse surgical outcomes associated with a prolonged duration from onset to surgery.