The nurse is assigned to a patient who is suffering from a small bowel obstruction. The patient has a history of multiple abdominal surgeries. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient’s small bowel obstruction?

Abdominal adhesions. One of the most common complications of multiple abdominal surgeries is the formation of abdominal adhesions. These can have multiple adverse effects, including frequent bowel obstructions. Surgical-related nerve damage would cause sensory problems (numbness, paresthesia), not small bowel obstruction (SBO). A fecalith is a cause of obstruction of the appendix. Vascular insufficiency to the intestine would cause severe mesenteric ischemic pain, rather than bowel obstruction.

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