Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

Adhesive small bowel obstruction: where do we stand now?

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Barbara Leone 1, 2
Giuseppe Cipollone 2
Decio Di Nuzzo 2
Massimo Ippoliti 2
Mirko Barone 2
Felice Mucilli 2

1 School of Medicine, University “G.d’Annunzio” Chieti – Pescara, via dei Vestini n. 100, 66100 Chieti, Italy

2 Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Chieti, via dei Vestini n. 1, 66100 Chieti, Italy

https://doi.org/10.15171/jept.2018.12
Abstract
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.

Keywords

Adhesive small bowel obstruction
Bowel obstructive syndromes
ASBO
Subjects
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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 5, Issue 2
July 2019
Pages 35-36

  • Receive Date 05 June 2018
  • Revise Date 10 September 2018
  • Accept Date 15 September 2018

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