Emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias may be associated with worsen
outcome and a significant rate of postoperative complications. There is no consensus on …

Secondary peritonitis accounts for 1% of urgent or emergent hospital admissions and is the
second leading cause of sepsis in patients in intensive care units globally. Overall mortality …

BACKGROUND Small-bowel obstruction (SBO) represents as many as 16% of surgical
admissions and more than 300,000 operations annually in the United States. The optimal …

Background Acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) is a disease with different pathophysiological
mechanisms, leading to a life-threatening condition that is difficult to diagnose based solely …

Background Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a commonly diagnosed disease in the
emergency department (ED). Recent literature has evaluated the ED investigation and …

Intra-abdominal adhesions following abdominal surgery represent a major unsolved
problem. They are the first cause of small bowel obstruction. Diagnosis is based on clinical …

Purpose Our aim was to assess the diagnostic performance in determining strangulation in
small bowel obstruction (SBO) for five CT findings commonly considered in published small …

Purpose To determine which computed tomography (CT) findings or combinations of
findings can help to accurately identify strangulation in adhesive small bowel obstruction …

Acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) is an uncommon cause of acute hospital admission with
high mortality rates (50–90%) that requires early diagnosis and treatment. With the increase …

Background To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the diagnostic
performance of computed tomography (CT) for small bowel obstruction (SBO), including …