Fig. 1From: Small bowel obstruction in the elderly: a plea for comprehensive acute geriatric careFlow chart of search in PubMed and Embase databases; 120 studies were selected and searched with elderly patients as focus. Exclusion criteria: not focused on older adults, case reports, laparotomy vs laparoscopy, non-English/Dutch/German studies and studies focusing on phytobezoarsBack to article page