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These cases are surgical emergencies and often require bowel resection to remove the cause of obstruction. [13] Adhesions are a common causes of obstruction, and frequently resolve without surgery. [14] Other causes of bowel obstruction include volvulus, strictures, inflammation and intussusception. This is not an exhaustive list. Abdominal ...
The Hartmann's procedure with a proximal end colostomy or ileostomy is the most common operation carried out by general surgeons for management of malignant obstruction of the distal colon. During this procedure, the lesion is removed, the distal bowel closed intraperitoneally, and the proximal bowel diverted with a stoma .
Bowel obstruction, also known as intestinal obstruction, is a mechanical or functional obstruction of the intestines which prevents the normal movement of the products of digestion. [2] [5] Either the small bowel or large bowel may be affected. [1] Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, vomiting, bloating and not passing gas. [1]
It may be purposeful or a complication of an abdominal surgery, such as exploratory laparotomies or hernia repair. [citation needed] An enterotomy can be done to remove an obstruction or foreign body from the intestine. [1] If an accidental enterotomy is not noticed during surgery, it can take days to become apparent. Surgical repair is ...
Initial management involves fluid resuscitation and potentially nasogastric suctioning. [1] Since gallstone ileus constitutes a form of mechanical small bowel obstruction, it can be a surgical emergency and requires open or laparoscopic surgery to remove an impacted stone. [1]
Despite being marketed as toys, water beads could pose a serious danger to children as if swallowed, could expand inside a child and cause bowel obstruction – which needs surgery to remove.
[34] [35] Complications of adhesions include chronic pelvic pain, bowel obstruction, and female infertility. In particular, small bowel obstruction poses the most significant problem. [34] The use of surgical humidification therapy during laparoscopic surgery may minimise the incidence of adhesion formation. [36]
An internal hernia may result from surgery and re-arrangement of the bowel and is a cause of bowel obstruction. Antecolic antegastric Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery has been estimated to result in internal hernia in 0.2% of cases, mainly through Petersen's defect.