Supplementary Table 1.

Nair et al. scoring system.

0	No adhesions
1	Between viscera or between visceral viscus and abdominal wall (one band)
2	Between viscera or between visceral viscus and abdominal wall (two bands)
3	Between viscera or between visceral viscus and abdominal wall (more than two bands) or multiple intestinal adhesions without adhesion to the abdominal wall
4	Adhesion of the viscera directly to the abdominal wall (number of bands or size not important)