RT Journal
A1 Rocha FG, Zinner MJ, Ferzoco SJ
T1 MAnagement of high-grade small-bowel obstruction—reply
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2010
FD April 1
VO 145
IS 4
SP 404
OP 405
DO 10.1001/archsurg.2010.37
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.37
AB 
With regard to his second question, Table 1 summarized the patients with a previous abdominal surgery as well as those without, and those with previous abdominal cancer, irradiation, and inflammatory bowel disease. All patients were entered in the study from their index HGSBO presentation and we did not track previous episodes of SBO. We did not record the exact location of HGSBO, as we did not believe this was relevant to our objective. The etiology of HGSBO with regard to adhesions and hernia between the immediate and delayed surgery groups was summarized in Table 2.