Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
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The Surgical and Clinical Adhesions Research (SCAR) and SCAR-2 studies demonstrated that the burden of adhesions following lower abdominal surgery is considerable and appears to remain unchanged despite advances in strategies to prevent adhesions. In this study, we assessed the adhesion-related readmission risk directly associated with common lower abdominal surgical procedures, taking into account the effect of previous surgery, demography and concomitant disease. ⋯ The identification of high-risk patient subgroups may assist in effectively targeting adhesion-prevention strategies and the proffering of preoperative advice on adhesion risk.