Natural history of patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a major cause of morbidity and financial expenditure. The goals of this study were to determine factors predisposing to adhesive SBO, to note the long‐term prognosis and recurrence rates for operative and non‐operative treatment, to elicit the complication rate of operations and to highlight factors predictive of recurrence.

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