BACKGROUND AND AIM Nonoperative management of cases of adhesive intestinal obstruction would be ideal, especially for patients who have recently undergone surgery to relieve the same condition. We aimed to examine whether hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy might have therapeutic potential for the treatment of postoperative paralytic ileus and recurrent adhesive intestinal obstruction soon after su...

BACKGROUND Small bowel obstruction with perforation is an unusual and rare complication of bezoars. OBJECTIVE To describe our use of emergency laparotomy to treat intestinal obstruction caused by bizarre bezoars. CONCLUSIONS An aggressive surgical approach to intestinal obstruction in the pediatric disabled or mentally retarded population is recommended.

Incomplete intestinal obstruction due to windsock web of the jejunum is uncommonly noticed in neonates. We present a male neonate, prenatally suspected case of proximal bowel obstruction, who was found to have features of incomplete intestinal obstruction due to windsock deformity in jejunum. The difficulty in the diagnosis and management is discussed along with relevant literature review.

The etiology of acute intestinal obstruction varies between countries. The objective was to study the causes of intestinal obstruction and the management outcomes in local set up in a secondary care hospital in Eastern Saudi Arabia. This is a descriptive retrospective study containing analysis data in a 20-year period between years 1990 and 2010 of patients admitted in general surgery ward, wit...

Background. Intestinal atresia refers to complete obstruction or partial stenosis of the intestinal lumen. Prevalence is 1/4000-5000 births, without gender predilection. When the blockage is incomplete, signs such as vomiting, abdominal distension, and constipation may occur shortly after birth or delayed in an unspecified manner. In intestinal atresia, the challenge may not be significant; how...

Intestinal obstruction is a common disease requiring abdominal surgery with significant morbidity and mortality. Currently, an effective medical treatment for obstruction, other than surgical resection or decompression, does not exist. Si-Jun-Zi Decoction is a famous Chinese medicine used to replenish qi and invigorate the functions of the spleen. Modern pharmacological studies show that this p...