Richard P G Ten Broek, Pepijn Krielen, Salomone Di Saverio, Federico Coccolini, Walter L Biffl, Luca Ansaloni, George C Velmahos, Massimo Sartelli, Gustavo P Fraga, Michael D Kelly, Frederick A Moore, Andrew B Peitzman, Ari Leppaniemi, Ernest E Moore, Johannes Jeekel, Yoram Kluger, Michael Sugrue, Zsolt J Balogh, Cino Bendinelli, Ian Civil, Raul Coimbra, Mark De Moya, Paula Ferrada, Kenji Inaba, Rao Ivatury, Rifat Latifi, Jeffry L Kashuk, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Ron Maier, Sandro Rizoli, Boris Sakakushev, Thomas Scalea, Kjetil Søreide, Dieter Weber, Imtiaz Wani, Fikri M Abu-Zidan, Nicola De'Angelis, Frank Piscioneri, Joseph M Galante, Fausto Catena, Harry van Goor
BACKGROUND: Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is a common surgical emergency, causing high morbidity and even some mortality. The adhesions causing such bowel obstructions are typically the footprints of previous abdominal surgical procedures. The present paper presents a revised version of the Bologna guidelines to evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of ASBO. The working group has added paragraphs on prevention of ASBO and special patient groups. METHODS: The guideline was written under the auspices of the World Society of Emergency Surgery by the ASBO working group...
2018: World Journal of Emergency Surgery: WJES