Causes And Management Of Intestinal Obstruction In Babylon Governorate Hospitals/Iraq | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2004, Pages 10-14 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ali A. Al-katib | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aretrospective review of284 cases ofintestinal obstfliction admitted to the hella general teaching hospital (Babylon) over a period of 5 years fiom (1/1/1998 to31/8/2002) was canied out. The main causes of obstructive were post- operative adhesions 1 05 patients (40%) . hemia 87(30.6%) pseudo- obstuction 8 (2.8%) intussusception 18 (6.33%) malignant obstruction 67 (23.6%) inflammatory obstruction 4( 1.41%)vohulus 3 (1.05%) and others 4(1.41%) surgical intervention v/as necessary in 245 patients (86.25%) while 78 patients (27.5%) responded to consenr'ative testnent . post- operative complications occured in 43 patients (15.2%) the main complications were wound infection chest infection prolonged ileus and intestinal fistulae the mortality was 7(2.5%) the pattem of small bowel obstruction in Babylon similar to that in the west while larse bowel obstructioD is not uncommon | ||
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