| Methods |
Retrospective review |
| Participants |
54 operations on 52 patients from 1983 to 1985 |
| Interventions |
Definitive surgical procedure in 43 operations (41 patients); exploratory operation in 11 cases (11 patients) |
| Outcomes |
On discharge taking regular/low residue diet: 34/43 (79%)
On discharge taking oral diet: 3/43
On discharge receiving TPN: 2/43
Unrelieved obstruction: 4/43 (9%)
Postoperative mortality: 4/43 (9%)
Postoperative morbidity: 3 fistulas, 2 sepsis; 5/43 (12%)
Mean survival: 6.8 months |
| Notes |
Small intestine in 18/43 and 24/54, large intestine in 16/43 and 18/54, mixed in 9/43 and 12/54 for definitive and total cases respectively
20/43 colostomies,13/43 resections, 14/43 bypasses |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
High risk |
Patients allocated to surgery by clinician/patient choice and retrospectively reviewed |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
Patients allocated to surgery by clinician/patient choice and retrospectively reviewed |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Patients allocated to surgery by clinician/patient choice and retrospectively reviewed |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Patients allocated to surgery by clinician/patient choice and retrospectively reviewed |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Patients allocated to surgery by clinician/patient choice and retrospectively reviewed |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
Results not reported by site or surgical procedure |
