Table 2 Characteristics for surgical and endoscopic procedures in patients with bowel obstruction.

Bowel cleansing on endoscopy (n = 203)

Good

117

58.1

Moderate

48

23.3

Poor

38

18.6

End point at endoscopy (n = 203)

Terminal ileum or cecum

102

48.3

Ascending colon or transverse colon

27

18.9

Descending or sigmoid colon

30

15.7

Rectum

32

16.1

Endoscopy impossible

2

1

Endoscopic procedure (n = 203)

0 = none

136

64

1 = endoscopic decompression

12

6

2 = tube placement

4

2

3 = lesion biopsy

53

25

4 = dilatations

5

2

5 = volvulus derotation

1

1

Type of surgical intervention (n = 487)

Total or subtotal colectomy

33

7

Segmental colectomy

238

49

Hartman sigmoidectomy

37

8

Left or right hemicolectomy

123

25

Ileo-rectal/ileo-transverse anastomosis

16

3

Adhesiotomy

25

5

Strictureplasty

11

2

Foreign body removal

4

1

Surgical findings (biopsy based, n = 485)

Neoplastic

135

28

Non-neoplastic

350

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