Table 1.

Laparoscopic management of small bowel obstruction.

	Emergency treated patients	Achived diagnosis (site and cause of occlusions)	Laparotomic conversions
Dallemagne [6]	86	100%	23%
Strickland [15]	35	60%	37%
Ibrahim [16]	25	100%	28%
Iorgulescu [17]	6	100%	16,6%
Benoist [18]	31	**	48,4%
Wullstein [19]	52	**	51,9%
Chopra [20]	34	**	32,3%
Saudemont [21]	34	100%	50%
Kirshtein [22]	44	97%	25%
Bailey [23]	55	**	16,3%
Borzellino [24]	40	**	25%
Levard [25]	23	**	52,1%
Parent [26]	30	**	30%
Chèvre [27]	20	**	35%
Suter [28]	71	78%	35,2%
Khaikin [29]	31	100%	32%
Multicenter F.A.S.R.* [30]	261	**	37,5%
Hoyuela [31]	10	94,4%	0
Navez [32]	54	66%	48,2%
Cavaliere [33]	44	91%	23%
Meinero [34]	39	97,5%	12,8%
Al-Mulhim [35]	9	100%	11,1%
Liauw [36]	5	100%	20%
Johanet [37]	49	**	34.7%
Zerey [38,39]	52	100%	16,7%
Sciannameo [40]	27	100%	11,1%
Chosidow [41]	39	**	36%
Bergamini [42]	13	**	46,1%
El Dahha [43]	13	**	7,6%
Binenbaum [44]	4	**	50%

* F.A.S.R. French Association for Surgical Research

** Not indicated by the Authors