Phytobezoar is an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction. It accounts for about 0.4%-4% of all mechanical bowel obstruction. However, the symptoms are not very different from those caused by usual aetiologies of small bowel obstruction. The commonest site of obstruction is terminal ileum. Treatment of small bowel obstruction due to Phytobezoar is surgery. Prevention includes avoidance of high...

Para-caecal hernias are a rare type of internal hernias. They can cause bowel obstruction, leading to strangulation the bowel. As such, urgent diagnosis and appropriate management important. Both laparoscopic open approaches options in terms surgical treatment. We report case para-caecal hernia causing small obstruction highlight approach as feasible effective way management.

As known, small bowel obstruction is one of the most common emergencies in general surgery carrying a not negligible rate of morbidity and financial expenditures as far as high social impact . Peritoneal adhesions are the leading cause of intestinal obstruction up to 74% of cases. In spite of increasing incidence worldwide, current management still presents some “blind corners”, whose aspects s...

Early detection of signs of strangulation in case of acute small bowel obstruction is critical because it mandates an operation. Therefore the role of different radiological techniques used for diagnosing strangulating small bowel obstruction has been discussed here. Strangulation remains a major problem in patients with acute small bowel obstruction. Despite of having several radiological diag...

Objective: To determine the feasibility of hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid in the evaluation of small bowel obstruction in adults. Patients and Methods: This was a pilot study of the feasibility of technetium 99m hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid in the evaluation of small bowel obstruction. A total of 8 patients clinically suspected to have small bowel obstruction were recruited in this study ...

Some 40% of patients with advanced ovarian cancer, and 10% of patients with colon cancer, experience bowel obstruction as a complication of disease. Animal studies have shown that both increased luminal pressure, and ischaemic injury, evoke measurable increases in serotonin (5HT) from small bowel mucosa. These reports suggest that both the pressure and ischaemic consequences of malignant bowel ...

A n intestinal obstruction is anything that occludes, retards, or alters the progression of solids and liquids through the small and large bowel. Patient treatment may range from medical remedies to surgery. A variety of causes and/or conditions could precipitate a bowel obstruction at any point of the life cycle. The patient’s age determines the set of factors that contribute to bowel obstruct...

BACKGROUND Closed loop bowel obstruction is a specific type of mechanical obstruction with a high risk of strangulation and bowel infarction, especially in the small bowel. It is associated with a high mortality rate. Hence, it is important for emergency physicians to identify the presence of strangulation, while making the diagnosis of closed loop small bowel obstruction. METHODS We reported...

Intraluminal small bowel hematoma has been rarely reported in children, as a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. We present a case of an intraluminal ileal hematoma presenting as small bowel obstruction in a child. Computed Tomography (CT) indicated a large intraluminal hyperdense lesion in the distal ileum as the cause of small bowel obstruction. Abdominal ultrasonography (US) showed an ech...