Chronic abdominal pain: the role of adhesions and benefit of laparoscopic adhesiolysis

Table 3 Complications of laparoscopic adhesiolysis and diagnostic laparoscopy for chronic abdominal pain (CAP)

Reference	N	Pain relief, % of patients	Follow-up (months)	Complications (%)^b	Indication
[61]	20	78	11	20 major	CAP; bowel obstruction
[40]	200	74	3	5.5	CAP
[35]^a	52	57	12	5	CAP
[35]^a	48	42	12	–	CAP, diagnostic laparoscopy only
[33]	18	73	3	5 minor	CAP
[33]	9	88	3	–	CAP, diagnostic laparoscopy only
[58]	48	64	6–12	10 major	CAP