Table 1.

Scoring system for peritoneal adhesion according to the Nair et al. criteria [53].

Grade	Description of adhesive bands
0	The complete absence of adhesions
1	Only one band of adhesions among the viscera or between one viscera and the abdominal wall
2	Two bands: among viscera's or from viscera to abdominal wall
3	More than two bands: among viscera or from viscera to the abdominal wall or all intestine making a mass without adhesion to the abdominal wall
4	Viscera adhered directly to the abdominal wall, independent of the number and the extension of adhesion bands