Dr Khaled Khalfan, consultant and head of paediatric surgery and technical director at the hospital, said there is a significant increase in paediatric surgeries by endoscopies, noting that most surgeries are related to abdominal and chest cavity surgery, such as repair of congenital anomalies,
intestinal obstruction, biliary gallbladder, and obstruction of the urinary system in children.
We aimed to add to the knowledge bank of Balkan Medical Journal readers regarding abdominal hernias, their spectrum of presentation (subacute
intestinal obstruction, strangulation, etc.), and management strategies-medical or surgical (open vs laparoscopic).
6 Patient usually presents with nausea, vomiting, melena, palpable abdominal mass, anaemia, weight loss, dyspepsia, jaundice and
intestinal obstruction. 7,8 Despite the improved results of various diagnostic modalities such as CT enteroclysis, double-balloon enteroscopy or video capsule endoscopy, SBA is frequently diagnosed per-operatively.
It is defined as a high
intestinal obstruction associated with bands between posterior abdominal wall and cecum which has incomplete rotation and settles on the right or left upper quadrant [1,2,3].
The term gallstone gastrointestinal obstruction is suggested for mechanical
intestinal obstruction with gallstones.
Key words: erosive enteritis,
intestinal obstruction, decomposed granite, avian, lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor
We studied patients operated from August 2017 to November 2018 for
intestinal obstruction after previous stoma surgery in department of General Surgery, SMIMER Hospital, Surat.
Nine months after the injection, the symptoms of
intestinal obstruction recurred.
Herein, we report a 56-year-old patient with an incidental finding of intestinal malrotation presenting with signs of small
intestinal obstruction.
KEY WORDS:
Intestinal Obstruction; Laparotomy; Gynecological Surgery; Peritonitis; Appendectomy; Indirect Inguinal Hernia; Umbilical Hernia; Incisional Hernia; Intestinal Volvulus.