TY - JOUR ID - 78136 TI - Adhesive small bowel obstruction: where do we stand now? JO - Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma JA - JEPT LA - en SN - AU - Leone, Barbara AU - Cipollone, Giuseppe AU - Di Nuzzo, Decio AU - Ippoliti, Massimo AU - Barone, Mirko AU - Mucilli, Felice AD - School of Medicine, University “G.d’Annunzio” Chieti – Pescara, via dei Vestini n. 100, 66100 Chieti, Italy AD - Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Chieti, via dei Vestini n. 1, 66100 Chieti, Italy Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 35 EP - 36 KW - Adhesive small bowel obstruction KW - Bowel obstructive syndromes KW - ASBO DO - 10.15171/jept.2018.12 N2 - Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is one of the most frequently encountered disorders in Emergency Surgery Departments worldwide without negligible hospital admission rates and social costs (1,2). Notwithstanding significant improvements in techniques and materials, intra-abdominal adhesions following abdominal surgery still represent a major unsolved and debated issue harbouring challenges regarding diagnosis, pathogenesis, management and  revention. In this setting, the cornerstone lies on a proper nosological classification with a subsequent diagnostic dilemma in distinguishing ASBO from other causes of obstruction and in an early identification of emergency surgery cases. conflicting results raise more questions. UR - http://www.jept.ir/article_78136.html L1 - http://www.jept.ir/article_78136_f53b7e034570ba725d8b75e753530695.pdf ER -