Our study is based on a retrospective analysis about a ten years' control on patients with a small bowel adhesive obstruction (SBAO) due to primitive abdominal surgical operations. From the valuation of the obtained data and through a literatures review we tried to better define the best treatment. On 297 admissions of 248 patients with a diagnosis of SBAO 196 operations were performed, which indication was based on every clinical data, haematologic and radiologic examinations. Moreover, it was analysed the responsive factor that caused adhesions with a careful valuation of the primitive surgical operation and the possibility of recurrences. From this study it is evicted that SBAO can be considered as a surgical differentiable urgency, where there aren't any signs of intestinal strangulation or peritonitis, and where the principal etiologic factor is represented by colorectal operations in the male and gynecologic operations in the female. Morbility and mortality in the surgical procedures for SBAO show greater percentages than the elderly patients.