Successful Vaginal Delivery during Acute Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Summary of cases with delivery during acute small bowel obstruction from 2010 to 2020.

	Year of publication	Gestational age at SBO diagnosis (in weeks)	Etiology of SBO	Surgical management?	Gestational age at delivery (in weeks)	Indication for delivery
Active SBO; SVD
Sherer et al. (case 1)	2016	27	Surgical adhesions	Yes	27	Precipitous delivery
Pereira et al.	2010	33.6	Surgical adhesions	Yes	33.6	Precipitous delivery
Cesarean delivery
Abebe et al.	2019	32	Appendicitis	Yes	32	Preeclampsia
Metcalfe et al.	2017	36	Compression from gravid uterus	Yes	36	Compression from gravid uterus in multifetal gestation
Ossendorp et al.	2016	33	Malignancy	Yes	33	Surgical optimization
Mortelmans et al.	2016	33	Surgical adhesions	Yes	33	Nonreassuring fetal status
Sherer et al. (case 2)	2016	34	Surgical adhesions	Yes	34	Preeclampsia
Ahmed et al.	2015	26.5	Sigmoid volvulus	Yes	26.5	Nonreassuring fetal status
Webster et al. (case 1)	2015	39	Surgical adhesions	Yes	39	Nonreassuring fetal status
Wong et al.	2014	35	Congenital falciform ligament defect with compression from gravid uterus	Yes	35	Nonreassuring fetal status
Zachariah et al.	2014	29	Surgical adhesions	Yes	29	Maternal compromise
Dracini et al.	2012	Unspecified	Cecal volvulus	Yes	Unspecified	Fetal demise
Nascimento et al.	2012	33	Sigmoid volvulus	Yes	33	Fetal demise

Delivery concomitant with surgical management of bowel obstruction.