Highlights
- •The correct management of ASBO in the elderly is still unknown.
- •Upfront surgery in over 80 years patients relates with worse outcomes.
- •Conservative management in octogenarians is safe and feasible.
- •Failure of the conservative management in over 80 years patients do not lead to worse outcomes than upfront surgery.
Abstract
Background
Few evidences are available on adhesive bowel obstruction (ASBO)management and outcomes
in geriatric patients.
Methods
One-hundred-twenty-eight patients aged 65–79 years were retrospectively compared to
77 patients aged ≥80 years. Aim of this study was to compare ASBO management and in-hospital
course between patients aged 65–79 years and those over 80 years.
Results
Upfront surgery in octogenarians related with a higher rate of major complications
(23.7%vs4.9%; p = 0.009) and longer hospitalization (8.8vs7.3 days; p = 0.01). No
difference according to age was noted in terms of clinical outcomes when the non-operative
management (NOM) was employed. Patients aged ≥80 years managed conservatively presented
shorter hospitalization (7.3vs8.8 days; p = 0.04), lower rate of intensive care unit
(ICU)admission (0vs18.4%; p = 0.005) and cumulative major complications (2.6%vs23.7%;
p = 0.007) as compared to ≥80 years old patients treated with upfront surgery. In
this same group, NOM failure did not lead to worse outcomes in comparison to upfront
surgery.
Conclusions
NOM in≥80 years patients is associated with better in-hospital course. The acceptable
clinical outcomes in case of NOM failure further support NOM as first treatment strategy
to employ in this same subset of patients.
Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: April 21, 2022
Accepted:
April 19,
2022
Received in revised form:
April 11,
2022
Received:
February 27,
2022
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