from recursive searching, Google Scholar and hand
searching of journals. Four papers were excluded as they
did not include any novel data (n=1), were focused on diagnostics
(n=1) or were review articles (n=2). As a result, 18
papers were included in the systematic review.
The literature on SBO in pregnancy has been summarised
twice: 150 cases in 19663 and the subsequent 66 cases
in 1992.4 In the contemporary literature (1992–2014), we
identified 12 published clinical case reports of SBO in pregnancy5–
16 and 6 small case series.17–22