Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Factor	Operative, elective adhesiolysis	Non-operative	p-value
Number of patients	69	53
Sex			0.548
Male	15 (21.7%)	14 (26.4%)
Female	54 (78.3%)	39 (73.6%)
Age in years*	50.2 ± 11.0	52.8 ± 12.7	0.435
Number of previous surgeries†	3 (1–8)	3 (1–44)	0.472
Radiotherapy in history	1 (1.4%)	3 (5.7%)	0.195
ASBO in history (N)	30 (43.5%)	30 (56.6%)	0.151
Number of ASBO episodes in history†	2 (0–11)	3.5 (0–25)	0.210
Conservative treated ASBO†	1 (0–10)	1.5 (0–25)	0.074
Surgical treated ASBO†	1 (0–5)	1 (0–5)	0.630
Extend of adhesions on CineMRI†	2 (1–4)	2 (1–4)	0.235
Length of follow-up in months*	70 ± 27	64 ± 23	0.245

*Mean ± SD, † median (range)