Table 4 .

Case summary for each mortality

Age	Sex	P-POSSUM	Approach	Pathology	Operation	Survival	Cause of death
48	Male	2.3	Laparoscopic	ASBO	Adhesiolysis	3 days	Massive systemic inflammatory response with multiorgan failure
95	Male	23.7	Lap-to-open	Adhesions with small bowel volvulus	Untwisting of volvulus	2 days	Frailty – multiorgan failure
65	Female	9.6	Open	ASBO and pancreatic cancer	Adhesiolysis & resection	49 days	Disseminated pancreatic cancer
87	Female	12.5	Open	ASBO after right hemicolectomy	Adhesiolysis & resection	6 days	Massive systemic inflammatory response with multiorgan failure
80	Male	61.1	Open	ASBO with small bowel twisted around ileostomy	Adhesiolysis & reduction of small bowel	1 day	Massive systemic inflammatory response with multiorgan failure
86	Female	7.1	Open	ASBO	Adhesiolysis & resection	6 days	Stroke
60	Female	16.5	Open	ASBO	Adhesiolysis	5 days	Upper gastrointestinal bleed
62	Male	5.9	Open	ASBO and metastatic rectal cancer	Adhesiolysis & bypass	9 days	Metastatic rectal cancer
75	Male	23.7	Open	ASBO with internal hernia after cystprostatectomy	Adhesiolysis & resection	50 days	Internal hernia after cystprostatectomy

ASBO = adhesional small bowel obstruction; P-POSSUM = Portsmouth – Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enuMeration of Mortality and morbidity