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This study aims to identify patients who could benefit from invasive surgical interventions and factors associated with successful surgical palliation.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:bold> In this retrospective study, 98 consecutive patients who underwent palliative surgery for MBO over 5 years were reviewed. We evaluate as the primary outcome surgical failure to select patients who could benefit from palliative surgery, avoiding unnecessary surgery. A prognostic score was developed based on a logistic regression model to identify patients at risk of surgical failure. The score was evaluated for overall accuracy by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Palliative surgery was achieved in 76 (77.5%) patients. The variables that were found to be significant factors for surgical failure are recurrent disease (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.015), absence of bowel obstruction (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), absence of bowel distension (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and mesenteric involvement (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.001) and retraction (P &amp;lt; 0.001). The absence of bowel distension (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.046) and bowel obstruction (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.012) emerged as independent predictors of surgical failure. Carcinomatosis level assessment for peritoneum score, based on these factors, was built to evaluate the risk of surgical failure.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> Our proposed scoring system might help select patients most likely to benefit from palliative surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsurg.2021.769658","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,1]],"date-time":"2021-12-01T04:38:53Z","timestamp":1638333533000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Prognostic Factors for Surgical Failure in Malignant Bowel Obstruction and Peritoneal 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