Background . Acute adhesive small bowel obstruction (AASBO) is a common surgical emergency requiring immediate interventions. AASBO usual indication for both resection and adhesiolysis. Postoperative adhesions cause 60% of obstructions. Materials methods An analysis treatment outcomes presented 197 acute patients; 63 patients had urgent laparotomy, 134 were scheduled laparoscopy. The examinatio...

INTRODUCTION Adhesion formation is the most common complication following peritoneal surgery and the leading cause of small bowel obstruction, acquired infertility and inadvertent organ injury at reoperation. Using a 'good surgical technique' is advocated as a first step in preventing adhesions. However, the evidence for different surgical techniques to reduce adhesion formation needs confirmat...

To investigate the clinical value of small bowel enema through nasointestinal decompression tube in diagnosis of small-bowel obstruction, Thirty-five patients with small-bowel obstruction, who had no sign of emergency operation, were catheterized with 300 cm tube to superior segment of jejunum under X-ray observation. The tube was put to approach to the lesion as far as we can due to progressiv...

AbsractWe are presenting a case of abdominal tuberculosis who had peritonitis and twolarge enteroliths were removed from the small intestine during laparotomy. Followinga full course of medical treatment, she developed small bowel obstruction andtreated by laparotomy & enterolysis but showed no evidence of stricture. We had adiagnostic and management challenge which will be discussed along with...

Large bowel obstruction (LBO) is most commonly due to malignancy, volvulus, hernia, diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel disease. LBO due to adhesions is unusual. A literature review was conducted which revealed that only a few such cases have been reported. We report two cases of LBO secondary to adhesions in patients, one with and one without a past abdominal surgical history. We highl...