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Mesenteric microcirculatory dysfunctions and translocation of indigenous bacteria in a rat model of strangulated small bowel obstruction

Clinics, 2009
PRUPOSE: Bacterial translocation has been shown to occur in critically ill patients after extensive trauma, shock, sepsis, or thermal injury. The present study investigates mesenteric microcirculatory dysfunctions, the bacterial translocation phenomenon,
Fernando Luiz Zanoni, Simon Benabou, Karin Vicente Greco, Ana Carolina Ramos Moreno, José Walber Miranda Costa Cruz, Fernando Paranaiba Filgueira, Marina Baquerizo Martinez, Luiz Francisco Poli de Figueiredo, Maurício Rocha e Silva, Paulina Sannomiya   +9 more
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Adhesive intestinal obstruction

East African Medical Journal, 2006
Adhesions after abdominal and pelvic surgery are a major cause of intestinal obstruction in the western world and the pathology is steadily gaining prominence in our practice.To determine the magnitude of adhesive intestinal obstruction; to determine the types of previous operations in patients who presented with adhesive intestinal obstruction; to ...
Kuremu, RT, Jumbi, G
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Apple-peel atresia presenting as foetal intestinal obstruction

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2011
Apple-peel atresia or Type 3 jejuno-ileal atresia (JIA) is an uncommon cause of foetal intestinal obstruction. Bowel obstruction in the foetus is diagnosed on the prenatal ultrasonography only in 50% cases.
Ashok Yadavrao Kshirsagar, Sushma Rajaram Desai, Mayur Anant Nagvekar, Gaurav Om Prakash Vasisth   +3 more
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Etiology and outcome of acute intestinal obstruction: A review of 367 patients in Eastern India

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010
Background/Aim: The etiology of acute intestinal obstruction, which is one of the commonest surgical emergencies, varies between countries and has also changed over the decades.
Adhikari Souvik, Hossein Mohammed, Das Amitabha, Mitra Nilanjan, Ray Udipta   +4 more
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Congenital mesenteric absence of mid-gut with ileal volvulus: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Transmesenteric hernia caused by mesenteric defects are rare causes of intestinal obstruction in children. Here, we report a rare mesenteric defect, which was completely mesenteric in absence, with the defect extending from the mesenteric root
Jin-Shan Zhang
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Phytobezoar (Mangifera indica seeds) induced Acute Small Bowel Obstruction: An Unusual Case

National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences
Phytobezoar causing acute intestinal obstruction is a rare event. A case of accidental ingestion of mango seed causing intestinal obstruction is being reported requiring surgical intervention to extract the mango seed from the ileum.
Kiratpal Singh Brar, Dhiraj Kumar, Sharad Syangden, Mahesh Kumar, Jashanpreet Singh, Joe Nepram, Ghaiyoor Ahmad, Diwakar Kumar, Kaushik Bhattacharya   +8 more
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Intestinal Obstruction due to Meckel's Enterolith

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2010
Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract and represents a persistent remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct.
Hui-Chien Lai
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A Rare Case of Intestinal Tuberculosis with Chronic Partial Small Bowel Obstruction in a 37-Year-Old Ethiopian Man

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2022
Alazar Berhe Aregawi,1 Alemwosen Teklehaimanot Alem,2 Abdulkerim Girma3 1Department of Surgery, Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia; 2Department of Pathology, Hawassa University ...
Aregawi AB, Alem AT, Girma A
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Mortality risk of patients with intestinal obstruction

BMC Cancer
Background Intestinal obstruction represents a severe intestinal disease associated with higher mortality rates. However, the determinants of mortality in patients with intestinal obstruction remain inadequately understood. This study sought to elucidate
Yuanyuan Wang, Wei Li, Chuan-min Zhou, Zifeng Zhao, Jianwei Ma, Haibo Jiang, Ming Wei, Yingchao Gao, Yongjun Dai, Xing Zhang, Ning Yang, Feng Feng, Jian Zhang, Yiding Ji, Jianjie Liu, Chao Zhang, Like Li, Xia Jiang, Zhongxin Li, Zengren Zhao   +19 more
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Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction as an Unusual Gastrointestinal Presentation in Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a condition in which the intestine’s ability to push food through is reduced. It often leads to the dilation of the various parts of the bowel. It can be idiopathic or inherited from a parent, or caused by another disease.
Mozhgan Zahmatkeshan, Mahmood Haghighat, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh   +2 more
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