PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF MECHANICAL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION IN SURGICALLY TREATED ADULTS IN WESTERN TURKEY

FUZUN M., KAYMAK E., HARMANCIOGLU O., ASTARCIOGLU K.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, vol.78, no.2, pp.202-203, 1991 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 78 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1991
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/bjs.1800780223
  • Journal Name: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.202-203
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

A retrospective study of the principal causes of mechanical bowel obstruction occurring in Western Turkey between 1979 and 1989 was undertaken. The records of 14777 operations performed in the general surgery departments of two hospitals were reviewed. Mechanical bowel obstruction occurred in 582 patients. Among the causes of mechanical bowel obstruction, adhesions were most common (44.0 per cent), followed by strangulated hernia (23.9 per cent), volvuli (12.7 per cent) and colonic carcinomas (10.1 per cent). A previous appendicectomy appeared to be the most important cause of adhesions causing mechanical bowel obstruction.