BACKGROUND: Postoperative adhesions are a significant health problem with major
implications on quality of life and health care expenses. The purpose of this review was to …

INTRODUCTION: Post-operative adhesions after gastrointestinal surgery are responsible for
significant morbidity and constitute an important public health problem. The aim of this study …

Unequivocal international guidelines regarding the diagnosis and management of patients
with acute appendicitis are lacking. The aim of the consensus meeting 2015 of the EAES …

Objectives: To assess the safety and efficacy of antibiotics treatment for suspected acute
uncomplicated appendicitis and to monitor the long term follow-up of non-operated patients …

Background A trial in selected men suggested that antibiotic therapy could be an alternative
to appendicectomy in appendicitis. This study aimed to evaluate antibiotic therapy in …

Objective: Appendicitis has been declining in frequency for several decades. During the past
10 years, its preoperative diagnosis has been made more reliable by improved computed …

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 …

Introduction The purpose of this review was to assess the incidence and risk factors for
adhesive small bowel obstruction (SBO) following laparotomy. Methods The PubMed …

Acute appendicitis has been considered by surgeons a progressive disease leading to
perforation for more than 100 years. In the last decades the theories about this concept …

Background Appendectomy is one of the most common emergency operations performed in
the pediatric population. The aim of this pooled analysis is to compare the outcome from …