Diagnosis and management of small bowel obstruction in virgin abdomen: a WSES position paper.
Yousef AmaraAri LeppaniemiFausto CatenaLuca AnsaloniMichael SugrueGustavo P FragaFederico CoccoliniWalter L BifflAndrew B PeitzmanYoram KlugerMassimo SartelliErnest E MooreSalomone Di SaverioEsfo DarwishChikako EndoHarry van GoorRichard Peter Gerardus Ten BroekPublished in: World journal of emergency surgery : WJES (2021)
The data available suggest that etiology and treatment results for patients with SBO-VA are largely comparable to the results in patients with SBO after previous abdominal surgery. We therefore propose that patients with a virgin abdomen could be treated according to existing guidelines for SBO and adhesive small bowel obstruction.