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Table 3 Bowel injury related to the number of previous laparotomies

From: Mechanisms of adhesive small bowel obstruction and outcome of surgery; a population-based study

 

Bowel injury

No bowel injury

Total n = 402

153 (38%)

249 (62%)

No. previous abdominal surgeries

 0 (n = 50)

7 (14%)

43 (86%)

 1 (n = 189)

67 (35%)

122 (65%)

 2 (n = 81)

40 (49%)

41 (51%)

 3 (n = 60)

29 (48%)

31 (52%)

 ≥ 4 (n = 22)

10 (45%)

12 (55%)

Intraabdominal abscess

22/153 (14%)

22/249 (9%)

Enterocutaneous fistula

2 (1.3%)

0