Long-term follow-up following nonsurgery for early postoperative inflammatory intestinal obstruction
Abstract：Objective To examine the results of treatment for the early postoperative inflammatory intestinal obstruction and long-term follow-up. Methods A retrospective analysis of 121 patients with early postoperative inflammatory intestinal obstruction from January 1999 to December 2008 was undertaken. Patients' medical records were reviewed in their entirety. A systematic follow-up was carried out and ended in March 2009. The primary endpoint and secondary endpoint of the study were surgery and the recurrence rate of intestinal obstruction caused by intra-abdominal adhesions. Results All patients were treated conservatively. The follow-up period was 2-116(43.23±12.75) months. Overall, 14(11.57%) of the 121 patients had recurrent episodes of intestinal obstruction and 6 patients (4.96%) had a least a admission. No patient had undergone operation for intestinal obstruction.Conclusion Non-operative treatment for early postoperative inflammatory intestinal obstruction has a lower cumulative recurrence rate following a long-term follow-up. Operative treatment is not deemed necessary.
Keywords：early postoperative inflammatory intestinal obstructionfollow-upnon-operative therapy
Publication Date：2010-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 291-293 )