“…abscesses, tuberculosis and ascariasis, inflammation, e.g. diverticulitis and Crohn's disease, volvulus, intussusception, gallstone ileus and bezoars [11,14,47,59,60,61,62]. The relative incidence of the various causes of SBO have changed over time with a rise in the contribution of adhesions and a decline in hernias, due to the proliferation of elective abdominal surgery [3].…”