ArticleWorld journal of surgery2016
Chronic Pain, Quality of Life, and Functional Impairment After Surgery Due to Small Bowel Obstruction.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Clinical efficacy of acupuncture in patients with adhesive intestinal obstruction: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Small Bowel Obstruction.Current gastroenterology reports · 2017Pooled it
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- Contemporary diagnosis and management of patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2026Review
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- Health-related quality of life and functional recovery one year after emergency abdominal surgery in patients over 75 years: a prospective observational study.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Analysis of the Risk Factors for Short-Term Outcomes in Acute Small Bowel Obstruction: A Retrospective Study.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2026Article
- Emergency Medicine Perspectives on Quality of Life Outcomes After Emergency Laparotomy: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Clinical importance of incisional hernia in patients resected for colorectal liver metastases: quality of life and abdominal wall symptoms.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Prophylactic Retrorectus Mesh Versus Small-Stitch Closure After Emergency Midline Laparotomy: 2-Year Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Article
- Patient-reported impact of emergency laparotomy on employment and health status 1 year after surgery.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
- One-year outcomes following operative or non-operative management of adhesional small bowel obstruction.BJS open · 2023Observational
- Elective adhesiolysis for chronic abdominal pain reduces long-term risk of adhesive small bowel obstruction.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2023Article
- High rate of incisional hernia observed after mass closure of burst abdomen.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Observational
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- Jejunal closed-loop obstruction without prior abdominal surgery during COVID-19 ICU admittance: A case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- Chronic pain following laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy: Prevalence and impact on quality of life.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2019Article
- Reduced rate of incisional hernia after standardized fascial closure in emergency laparotomy.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2019Article
- Labour Market Participation After Emergency Laparotomy: A Nationwide Cohort Study with Long-Term Follow-Up.World journal of surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEmergency laparotomy is a high-risk procedure regarding short-term outcomes; however, long-term outcomes are not well described. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of chronic postoperative pain, pain-related functional impairment, and incisional hernias and to evaluate the gastrointestinal quality of life after emergency laparotomy due to small bowel obstruction.
methodsThis study was a questionnaire study, conducted at a major gastrointestinal-surgery department in a single tertiary university hospital in Denmark. Patients who had been through emergency laparotomy due to small bowel obstruction were included in the study. The extent of acute and chronic postoperative pain and the prevalence of incisional hernias were examined with specially designed questionnaires, while the pain quality was assed by the self-report version of the S-LANSS-questionnaire. Pain-related functional impairment and quality of life were measured using the AAS and the GIQLI questionnaire, respectively.
resultsA total of 90 patients returned the questionnaire (response rate 82 %). Nineteen patients (21 %) suffered from chronic postoperative pain. Seventeen patients (19 %) had pain-related functional impairment as a result of the surgery, and 17 patients (19 %) had an incisional hernia at follow-up. Patients with chronic postoperative pain had significantly lower gastrointestinal quality of life score compared with the remaining study population (109 (IQR 39) vs. 127 (IQR 19), P < 0.001).
conclusionsChronic postoperative pain is a common long-term complication after emergency laparotomy, and it is related to decreased quality of life. These results should be confirmed in prospective studies.
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