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27 March 2021: Clinical Research

Use of the Water-Soluble Contrast Medium Gastrografin in Treatment of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Patients with and Without Chronic Radiation Enteropathy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Lili Gu 1BCEF , Feng Zhu 1BDE , Tingbin Xie 1BCD , Dengyu Feng 1BEF , Jianfeng Gong 1BDEG* , Ning Li 2ABEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.930046

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e930046

Table 3 Outcomes of RCE-induced SBO and adhesive SBO.

CRE induced SBO (n=59)Adhesive SBO (n=53)p Value
Radiological findings
 Incomplete small bowel obstruction24 (40.6)19 (35.8)
 Complete small bowel obstruction35 (59.3)37 (69.8)0.435
Time to first feed after admission1.73±1.121.62±1.260.531
Successful conservative treatment20 (33.9)31 (58.4)
Operative rate (surgery)39 (66.1)21 (41.6)
Adhesolysis13 (22.0)22 (41.5)
 Strangulation and resection26 (44.0)3 (5.6)
Hospital stay in nonoperative patients (days)2.1±1.32.5±1.90.556
Hospital stay (days)5.3±1.95.0±2.10.427
In-hospital morbidity, n (%)10 (16.9)5 (9.4)0.202
In-hospital mortality, n (%)1 (1.7)00.328

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