ReviewWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2018
Small bowel obstruction in the elderly: a plea for comprehensive acute geriatric care.
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Ketofol vs Dexmedetomidine for Preventing Post-operative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Intestinal Obstruction Surgeries. A Randomized Controlled Study
The Utility of Treatment With Nasogastric Tube Placement for Small Bowel Obstruction in Adult Patients in the Emergency Department; an Observational Multicenter Study
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Small bowel obstruction and frailty: a systematic review.European geriatric medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnosis and management of small bowel obstruction in virgin abdomen: a WSES position paper.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2021Guideline
- Ketofol versus Dexmedetomidine for preventing postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing intestinal obstruction surgeries: a randomized controlled study.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Trial
- Psoas Muscle Volume as a Predictor of Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery for Strangulated Small Bowel Obstruction: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Article
- Risk Factors Associated with Intestinal Strangulation in Patients with Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Retrospective Analysis of 951 Cases.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- Contemporary diagnosis and management of patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2026Review
- CT of acute abdomen in the elderly.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- Small bowel obstruction outcomes according to compliance with the World Society of Emergency Surgery Bologna guidelines.The British journal of surgery · 2025Observational
- Teaching residents in emergency surgery for acute bowel obstruction-is supervised surgery safe and feasible? A retrospective single-center analysis from a MIS-specialized hospital.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) as biomarker of ischemic damage in experimentally induced 12-h small bowel obstruction.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Development and validation of a 30-day point-scoring risk calculator for small bowel obstruction surgery.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) as an Independent Prognostic Factor for Patients ≥80 Years with Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO).Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
- Small Bowel Obstruction in Virgin Abdomen: Predictors of Surgical Intervention Need in Resource-Limited Setting.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Trends in utilisation of plain X-rays by older Australians (2010-2019).BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Evaluating suspected small bowel obstruction with the water-soluble contrast challenge.The British journal of radiology · 2022Review
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- Analysis of Placement Priorities and Nursing Countermeasures of Transnasally Inserted Intestinal Obstruction Catheters in Patients with Acute Small Bowel Obstruction.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Ileal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma diagnosed after emergency surgery: A case report and literature review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- An artificial intelligence deep learning model for identification of small bowel obstruction on plain abdominal radiographs.The British journal of radiology · 2021Article
- Risk factors, endoscopic findings, and treatments in upper gastrointestinal bezoars: multi-center experience in Iran.Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2021Article
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Abstract
Small bowel obstruction is one of the most frequent emergencies in general surgery, commonly affecting elderly patients. Morbidity and mortality from small bowel obstruction in elderly is high. Significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and management of bowel obstruction in recent years. But little is known whether this progress has benefitted outcomes in elderly patients, particularly those who are frail or have a malignancy as cause of the obstruction, and when considering quality of life and functioning as outcomes. In this review, we discuss the specific challenges and needs of elderly in diagnosis and treatment of small bowel obstruction. We address quality of life aspects and explore how the concept of geriatric assessment can be utilized to improve decision-making and outcomes for elderly patients with a small bowel obstruction.
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