Intestinal obstruction in a tertiary care centre in India: Are the differences with the western experience becoming less?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with intestinal obstruction consist of a major proportion of emergency room visits and the complication is associated with a significant morbidity and mortality. It has a diverse aetiology which varies from country to country. In developed countries it is mainly due to adhesions and in developing countries due to obstructed hernias. Although there are numerous studies from the western world on this subject there have been few recent publications from the developing world.

Patients and methods

We retrospectively analyzed all the patients admitted with intestinal obstruction to our department from January 1996 to December 2019. Their demographic data, duration of symptoms before presenting to the hospital and interval between admission and surgery were note

SUBMITTER: Jena SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8648950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature