[Various types of small intestine occlusion. Case contribution].

Minerva Chir

Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale di Verbania Novara.

Published: December 1992

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  • The study reviewed 341 cases of small bowel obstruction surgeries over the past 20 years at Verbania Hospital, which represents 1.4% of total surgical operations during that time.
  • The authors analyzed various factors including sex, age, hospitalization to surgery interval, surgical treatment, prior operations, postoperative hospital stay, and complications.
  • They found a significantly higher complication rate in cases requiring intestinal resection, especially in those caused by adhesions and strangulation, emphasizing the need for timely recognition and treatment of severe vascular issues in the bowel.

Article Abstract

The Authors examine retrospectively all the cases of obstruction of the small bowel operated at the surgical department of the Verbania Hospital in the last twenty years. The records of 341 cases, 1.4% of the total amount of the surgical operations carried out in the same space of time, were retrospectively reviewed. The Authors consider the data relating to sex, age, interval between hospitalization and operation, surgical treatment, possible previous operations, post-operative stay in hospital and complications. Having found a rate of complications significantly higher in those cases of obstruction that have required the resection of one or more intestinal loops (in all 69 cases, among them 50 cases belong to the group of the adhesions and of the strangulation), the Authors conclude by underlining the importance of recognizing and treating in time the cases where there is an irreversible vascular suffering of the bowel.

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