Table 2 Causes of intestinal obstruction and intra-operative finding in Adam hospital medical college, February, 2014
From: Prevalence, causes and management outcome of intestinal obstruction in Adama Hospital, Ethiopia
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Causes of Small bowel obstruction | ||
Intussusceptions | 48 | 30.9 |
Small bowel volvulus | 47 | 30.3 |
Adhesion | 42 | 27.1 |
Hernia | 9 | 5.8 |
Iliosigmoidal knotting | 5 | 4.3 |
Appendicitis | 2 | 1.3 |
Intestinal TB | 1 | 0.6 |
Mickel’s diverticulitis | 1 | 0.6 |
Total | 155 | 100.0 |
Causes of large bowel obstruction | ||
Sigmoid volvulus | 60 | 69.0 |
Colonic tumor | 12 | 13.8 |
Intussusceptions | 8 | 9.2 |
Iliosigmoidal knotting | 5 | 5.7 |
Fecal impaction | 2 | 2.3 |
Total | 87 | 100.0 |
Intra-operative finding | ||
Intussusceptions | 48 | 21.0 |
Viable sigmoid volvulus | 42 | 18.4 |
Adhesion & bands | 42 | 18.4 |
Viable small bowel volvulus | 31 | 13.6 |
Gangrenous SBV | 18 | 7.9 |
Gangrenous sigmoid volvulus | 18 | 7.9 |
Colonic cancer | 12 | 5.3 |
Iliosigmoidal knotting | 5 | 2.2 |
Intestinal TB | 4 | 1.7 |
Meckel’s diverticulitis | 3 | 1.3 |
Others | 5 | 2.2 |
Total | 228 | 100.0 |