ReviewCureus2022
Recurrence of Small Bowel Obstruction in Adults After Operative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: A Systematic Review.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Minimally invasive versus open surgery for adhesive small bowel obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- Robotic adhesiolysis: current evidence, technical considerations, and future directions.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Review
- Development of a predictive model for the need for early surgery in patients with adhesive small-bowel obstruction.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Article
- Predictive Factors of Non-Inflammatory Small Bowel Obstruction After Bowel Resection in Crohn's Patients.Gastroenterology research · 2024Article
- Clinical and Radiological Factors Associated with Nonoperative Management Failure for Small Bowel Obstruction: A Retrospective Study from a Resource-Limited Setting.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2024Article
- Predictive factors for operative intervention and ideal length of non-operative trial in adhesive small bowel obstruction.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Abdominal cocoon syndrome, a diagnostic challenge affecting the treatment. A rare case report from Somalia.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
The objective of this article is to review the existing literature on postoperative recurrence of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO). We performed a systematic review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, searching PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar, to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies investigating recurrence after operative management of ASBO. Our search yielded one RCT, one prospective study, and eight retrospective studies, totaling 36,178 patients. We used Cochrane risk-of-bias tool and the Newcastle-Ottawa scale to assess the risk of bias in the reviewed studies (RCTs and observational studies, respectively). Operative management was associated with a lower risk of recurrence than conservative management, while the difference in recurrence between laparoscopic and open surgery was inconclusive. Diffuse adhesions were associated with a greater risk of recurrence than single band adhesions. We conclude that the "common knowledge" that surgery increases the risk for recurrence of ASBO is outdated and should no longer be applied when determining treatment modalities for ASBO. While conservative treatment still has its place, we need not fear the possibility of shifting patients to operative management earlier.
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