Case report A 24-year-old man with no previous medical or surgical history presented with a history of colicky central abdominal pain, distension, nausea and vomiting. He was admitted to intensive care and was on renal support at the time the computed tomography (CT) scan was requested. The inflammatory markers and serum amylase level were raised. The post-contrast CT scan demonstrated proximal...

Acute gastrointestinal obstruction can have a varied spectrum of clinical presentation and etiologies. It has been studied in detail and the management criteria have been well defined for the most part in our era. The etiologies are usually well defined. However, acute small bowel obstruction (SBO) due to intussusception caused by an inverted Meckel's diverticulum is a rare phenomenon that is o...

abstract carcinoid tumors are well differentiated neuroendocrine tumors with secretory components. these tumors are uncommon but the most common primary tumors of the distal small intestine. we present a rare terminal ileum carcinoid tumor presenting with a small bowel obstruction. a 65 years old man presented with intermittent, gen-eralized, dull and colicky abdominal pain accompanied with int...

Abstract Introduction The most common causes of Small bowel obstruction (SBO) in adults are adhesions, hernias, cancer, Crohn's, Diverticulitis, volvulus, etc; children, intussusception. Overall mortality is 10%, increasing to 30% with complications. Urgent investigation, aggressive medical management and appropriate timely surgery key successful outcome. Aim We present a patient 4 due single p...

tes mellitus had been having intermittent, cramping abdominal pain for 2months. He also had abdominal distension, which tended to improvespontaneously. Physical examination of the abdomen showedmild distension with decreasing bowel sounds. A small-bowel barium study showed delayed passage of the contrast medium and a dilated small bowel but nomechanical obstruction. Abdominal computed tomograph...

Abstract Aim The aim of this study is to review the surgeon’s compliance and efficacy nasogastric decompression in management small bowel obstruction. Method This a retrospective 6 months from 1st January 2020 30th June 2020. Results 73 patients were managed for SBO during period. Adhesions (43.8%) was identified as most common cause obstruction followed by hernias (27.4%). 51 (70%) had planned...

OBJECTIVES Adhesive small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common surgical emergency. It is estimated that at least 60% of SBO are due to post-operative adhesions. Water soluble contrast agents (gastrografin) have been used to identify patients who might be treated non-operatively. This study aims to determine the role of gastrografin in adhesive intestinal obstruction patients. METHODS In this p...

femoral hernias account for 2% to 4% of groin hernias, are more common in women, and are more appropriate to present with strangulation and require emergency surgery. this condition may lead to symptoms of bowel obstruction or strangulation and possible bowel resection-anastomosis. to the best of our knowledge, there is few reports of strangulated femoral hernia. we herein present an 82-year-ol...

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...

An adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is generally caused by postoperative adhesions and is more frequently associated with colorectal surgeries than other procedures. We compared the outcomes of operative and conservative management of ASBO after primary colorectal cancer surgery.We retrospectively reviewed 5060 patients who underwent curative surgery for primary colorectal cancer; 388 of...