A Clinical Evaluation and Surgical Management of Intestinal Obstruction

Treatment Acute intestinal obstruction is one of common abdominal emergency and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, especially if it progresses to bowel ischemia. The diagnosis and management of the patient with intestinal obstruction is one of the more challenging emergency that a general surgeon can come across. Early diagnosis of obstruction, skillful operative management, proper technique during surgery and intensive postoperative carries grateful results.

Number of cases-30. After admission to MNR Medical College And Hospital, Sangareddy investigations and operative procedures performed, were collected from the inpatients, were interpreted.

Intestinal obstruction is more common in the age group of 30–60 years and in 1^st decade of life. Mean age distribution was 39.4years. Incidence in male (70%) was more as compared to female population (30%). Pain abdomen-80% (24 cases) Vomiting-83% (25 cases) Distention abdomen-72% (22 cases) and Constipation-60% (18 cases) were noted as many patients had coincidence of symptoms.

All age groups were involved in our study from newborn to elderly patients. More commonly found in males than in females. Intestinal obstruction still remains an important surgical emergency. Intestinal obstruction with tuberculosis intestine are times more likely to develop postoperative complications, proper anti-tubercular management is necessary to prevent mortality and morbidity.