Diagnostic Scoring for Small Bowel Obstruction

It is difficult to predict which patients with acute small bowel obstruction require operative intervention and which ones can be handled conservatively. Similarly, strangulation remains difficult decision. The rationale for this observative study is to collect prospective cohort of patients with small bowel obstruction to create scoring system to predict early 1) small bowel obstruction resistant to conservative therapy, 2) strangulation.

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Key information

Conditions

Small Bowel Obstruction

Age range

18 year–120 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Helsinki University Hospital, Jorvi hospital, Espoo, Finland

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Computed tomography verified acute small bowel obstruction

Exclusion criteria

< 18 years old
Pregnant
Abdominal surgery within 30 days prior recruitment
Inflammatory bowel disease
Small bowel tumor causing obstruction
Peritoneal carcinosis
Intraluminal obstruction (bile stone, bezoar, etc.)
Large bowel obstruction
Small bowel obstruction caused by abdominal wall hernia

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Strangulation

Time frame: Within hospital stay / 30 days from recruitment

Number of patients with strangulated bowel (reversible or irreversible ischemic bowel)
Need for surgery due to nonresolving small bowel obstruction

Time frame: Within hospital stay / 30 days from recruitment

Number of patients needing surgery due to nonresolving small bowel obstruction

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Helsinki University Central Hospital

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2014
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Mar 12, 2018
Registry last updated: Jan 9, 2024

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