Background and Objectives: Bowel obstruction remains one of the most common intra-abdominal problems faced by general surgeons in their practice, whether caused by hernia, neoplasm, adhesions or related to biochemical disturbances. Intestinal obstruction of either the small or large bowel continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The objectives are to study the various modes of ...

The results which follow the injection of toxic proteoses in normal and immune dogs have been reported in a previous communication. 1 The proteose material was obtained from intestinal obstruction or from closed loops of the intestine. The present paper deals with the reaction which develops in the dog following intestinal obstruction of a certain type or the isolation of closed intestinal loop...

Mesenteric vascular occlusion and intestinal obstruction are difficult-to-diagnose medical emergencies. We evaluated a large panel of biochemical markers as diagnostic and prognostic indicators in a rat model of intestinal infarction and partial, complete, and strangulated intestinal obstruction. After intestinal infarction and obstruction, laboratory data are distinctly abnormal. Serum urea ni...

INTRODUCTION: Intestinal obstruction (I O) is an emergency condition that requires early identification and intervention (1 ). The etiology of Intestinal obstruction is age dependent (2) . Distinguishing between a true mechanical obstruction and a pseudo-obstruction is important, as the treatment differs (3) . Mechanical obstruction of the bowel causes bowel dilation above the obstruction. This...

Intestinal obstruction is a frequently encountered entity in surgical practice. The signs & symptoms, many a times, are suggestive of the level of obstruction, making the diagnosis of obstruction evident. There are various causes of intestinal obstruction which diversify to an enormous extent, stamping on the famous paradigm for the mysterious nature of the abdomen being referred to as the Pand...

a case of an acute intestinal obstruction in a 64 -year - old man, due to cicatriceal stricture of tlie left colon with secondary enteroliths in colon, is presented. enteroliths in colon arc rare and it is suggested that stasis is the most important factor in their production as ihey arc. most commonly associated with an intestinal sricturc.

Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt complications are common, but abdominal complications are rare. The objective of this report is to present 2 cases of intestinal obstruction due to a VP shunt and review the literature for data on this rare occurrence.A 4-month-old boy received surgical resection of a medulloblastoma and a VP shunt was inserted to manage progressive hydrocephalus. Two months late...

OBJECTIVE To present changes in the cause of intestinal obstruction in an African setting. DESIGN Consecutive cases of acute intestinal obstruction from 1985 to 1994. SETTING Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. SUBJECTS Adult patients with clinical and radiological evidence of intestinal obstruction. RESULTS There were 99 patients (60 males) aged 15 ...

Objective: To determine the etiological spectrum of acute intestinal obstruction in our clinical setup Military Hospital Rawalpindi. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Surgical department of Military Hospital, Rawalpindi from Jul 2012 to Jul 2013, over a period of about 1 year. Material and Methods: A total of 120 patients with acute mechanical intestinal obstruction ...

INTRODUCTION Mechanical intestinal obstruction is a disorder associated with intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. As the large intestine intraluminal and intra-abdominal pressures are increased, so the patient's risk for intestinal ischaemia. Previous studies have focused on hypoperfusion and bacterial translocation without considering the concomitant effect of intra...