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Table 3 Intra-operative clinical diagnosis of the study participants at public hospitals of Wolayita Zone, Southern Ethiopia (n = 230)

From: Magnitude and determinants of treatment outcome among surgically treated patients with intestinal obstruction at Public Hospitals of Wolayita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study, 2021

Intraoperative diagnosis

Frequency

Percent

Simple sigmoid volvulas

33

14.3

Strangulated hernia

20

8.7

Adhesion and band

35

15.2

Intussusception

52

22.6

Tumor and cancer

7

3.0

Gangrenous sigmoid volvulas

14

6.1

Simple small bowel volvulas

23

10.0

Gangrenous small bowel obstruction

16

7.0

Incarcerated hernia

18

7.8

Ileosigmoid knotting

9

3.9

Other

3

1.3