Number of patients who would be identified by using combinations of MDCT findings to predict adhesion-related SBO patients requiring surgery.

†Predictions rely on one or more of the following findings: intraperitoneal fluid, degree of obstruction, mesentery fatty stranding and the absence of small bowel faeces sign. In surgery group, the data shows numbers of patients with positive findings were operated; and in observation, the data shows numbers of patients with negative findings were not operated.