Conservative treatment of adhesive small bowel obstruction in children: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of conservative treatment for adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) in children.

Design

Systematic review of studies involved children with ASBO who received initial conservative/non-operative treatment.

Setting

The search was performed in April 2013 using PubMed (see online supplementary file 1), current contents, and the Cochrane database.

Participants

Children with ASBO.

Interventions

Conservative treatment included nasogastric decompression, parenteral fluids and correction of electrolyte and fluid imbalance.

Primary outcome

Treatment success.

Secondary outcomes

Length of hospital stay and the time to first feeding after hospital admission.

Results

7 studies (six retrospective, one prospect

SUBMITTER: Lin LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4166136 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature