Abstract:Academician, Jie-shou Li, put forward early postoperative inflammatory small bowel obstruction (EPISBO) for the first time on national gastrointestinal surgery conference in the 1995, and expounded the cause, characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of EPISBO. EPISBO is a common complication of colorectal cancer after operation, and certain literatures reported that the incidence of EPISBO after colorectal cancer surgery ranged from 4% to 15%. The pathogenesis of EPISBO is complex, and fibrinolytic system, neural reflex, inflammation, and drug interactions may be the pathogenesis of EPISBO. There is no consensus on diagnosis and management of EPISBO. EPISBO is different from other types of postoperative intestinal obstruction, and has its unique characteristics of diagnosis and treatment. EPISBO requires appropriate management with a proper diagnostic and therapeutic pathway. Indication and length of Non-operative treatment and appropriate timing for surgery may represent an insidious issue. Non -operative management should be attempted in absence of signs of peritonitis or strangulation; combining traditional with western medicine comprehensive treatment can obtain satisfactory curative effect. Improvement in the preoperative bowel preparation, intraoperative less trauma and intestinal contents to overflow, the opportunity to reduce the pollution of the abdominal cavity, anti-adhesion agent, postoperative inhibit inflammation can prevent EPISBO.