OBJECTIVE: To assess the direct costs associated with bowel obstruction resulting from adhesions. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University Hospital, Sweden. SUBJECTS: 57 patients aged 16 years or older who fulfilled the clinical and radiological criteria of bowel obstruction. INTERVENTIONS: None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Course of, and direct costs associated with, the illness. RESULTS: In 34 of the 57 patients (60%) bowel obstruction was caused by adhesions, and in all 34 the small bowel was obstructed (85% of all cases of small bowel obstruction). 22 of the 42 patients who required a hospital stay of more than 24 hours (52%) had adhesive obstruction, and 10 of these (45%) had to be operated on, 2 of them twice. Major complications occurred in 6 (60%) and one died. In a national perspective, adhesive bowel obstruction may cause 2330 hospital admissions annually, which is associated with an estimated direct cost of about US$13 million. CONCLUSIONS: Adhesions are a serious, common, and costly complication of surgery. Efforts have to be undertaken to control their formation.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the direct costs associated with bowel obstruction resulting from adhesions. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University Hospital, Sweden. SUBJECTS: 57 patients aged 16 years or older who fulfilled the clinical and radiological criteria of bowel obstruction. INTERVENTIONS: None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Course of, and direct costs associated with, the illness. RESULTS: In 34 of the 57 patients (60%) bowel obstruction was caused by adhesions, and in all 34 the small bowel was obstructed (85% of all cases of small bowel obstruction). 22 of the 42 patients who required a hospital stay of more than 24 hours (52%) had adhesive obstruction, and 10 of these (45%) had to be operated on, 2 of them twice. Major complications occurred in 6 (60%) and one died. In a national perspective, adhesive bowel obstruction may cause 2330 hospital admissions annually, which is associated with an estimated direct cost of about US$13 million. CONCLUSIONS: Adhesions are a serious, common, and costly complication of surgery. Efforts have to be undertaken to control their formation.
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