Small bowel obstruction

General and Colorectal Surgeon

Queen’s Medical Centre

Nottingham

UK

Biography

JA is Clinical Lead for General Surgery, Getting It Right First Time.

Disclosures

JA is trustee and council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

UK

Disclosures

NR declares she has no competing interests.

BMJ Best Practice would like to gratefully acknowledge the previous team of expert contributors, whose work is retained in parts of the content:

John T. Jenkins MD

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Department of Coloproctology

St. Mark's Hospital

London

UK

Disclosures: JTJ declares that he has no competing interests.

Edward T. Pring BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCS

Surgical Registrar and Clinical Research Fellow

St. Mark's Hospital

London

UK

Disclosures: ETP declares that he has no competing interests.

George Malietzis

MBBS, MSc, MRCS

Honorary Clinical Lecturer

Department of Surgery and Cancer

Imperial College London

UK

Disclosures: GM declares that he has no competing interests.

Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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EQ declares that she has no competing interests.

Lead Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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TAO declares that she has no competing interests.

Head of Editorial, BMJ Best Practice

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AE declares that she has no competing interests.

Comorbidities Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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JC declares that she has no competing interests.

Drug Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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AM declares that he has no competing interests.

Lead Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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