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Chronic constipation and acute small bowel obstruction due to small bowel encapsulation: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Peritoneal encapsulation is most of the time asymptomatic and is found incidentally, but when symptomatic it usually presents with bowel obstruction. CT scan is a gold standard for the diagnosis of bowel encapsulation.
Seyed Hossein Hajimirzaei, Maryam Abbasi, Nasser Malekpour Alamdari, Sara Besharat, Yeganeh Farsi, Atoosa Gharib, Mahdiyeh Sadat Seyyedi   +6 more
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Laparoscopic Management of Acute Small Bowel Obstruction

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2005
Conventional surgical management of acute small bowel obstruction involves laparotomy. The laparoscopic approach has not been favoured due to the presumed increased risk of bowel injury.
Jennifer J.Y. Liau, Wei-Keat Cheah
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Laparoscopy in Management of Children with Small Bowel Obstruction

Galician Medical Journal, 2016
Small bowel obstruction caused by adhesions is one of the most common causes of hospital admission among children. Until recently, the presence of symptoms of small bowel obstruction was the contraindication for laparoscopy; however, rapid development of
A O Dvorakevych, A A Pereyaslov, Yu I Tkachyshyn   +2 more
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“Bezoar Egg”—A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction

Diagnostics
Small bowel obstruction is a frequent medical condition with various causes, the most common being postoperative adhesions, volvulus, intussusception, hernias, and tumors. A bezoar-induced blockage of the small intestine is a rare condition that accounts
Stefan Milosevic, Jelena Djokic Kovac, Ljubica Lazic, Milica Mitrovic, Katarina Stosic, Dragan Basaric, Boris Tadic, Stefan Stojkovic, Slobodan Rasic, Nenad Ivanovic, Ognjan Skrobic   +10 more
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Strangulating bowel obstruction due to a small intestinal knot in a case of parastomal hernia [PDF]

, 2021
An intestinal knot is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. We report a rare case of strangulating bowel obstruction due to a small intestinal knot.
Yuasa, Norihiro, Miyake, Hideo, Nagai, Hidemasa, Kato, Tetsuro   +3 more
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Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: a clinical review

, 2023
Each year acute bowel obstruction accounts for 22,000 hospital admissions in England and Wales with an increased risk to life should surgery be required. Timely intervention is necessary to prevent complications.
Gerri Mortimore, Mortimore, G., Parker, J., Jennifer Parker   +3 more
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A Prospective Clinical Evaluation of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Infants and Children

MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Adhesive small bowel obstruction is a significant cause of postoperative morbidity in children. There are limited studies on the epidemiology and scope of conservative management for adhesive small bowel obstruction in children.
Mohd Kamran Banday, Waseem Jan Shah, Akshat Sudhanshu, Gowhar Nazir Mufti, Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Aejaz Ahsan Baba, Raashid Hamid   +6 more
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Early Onset Outlet Obstruction of a Temporary Diverting Loop Ileostomy Secondary to Urinary Retention

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2023
A mechanical obstruction is not a physiological entity, and when it occurs within the 30-day postoperative period, it is called an early postoperative small bowel obstruction.
Umut Akova, Volkan Dogru, Eren Esen, Feza Remzi   +3 more
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Appendiceal Mucinous Tumor Presenting as Recurrent Bowel Obstruction

Diagnostics, 2022
Appendiceal mucinous tumors are rare, with variable malignant potential, and they are usually found incidentally. Clinical symptoms are nonspecific. Rarely, appendiceal mucinous neoplasm causes bowel obstruction and makes diagnosis more difficult.
Wei-Tang Lin, Yen-Hsiang Wang, Wei-Yu Chen, Wilson T. Lao   +3 more
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Small bowel imaging in managing Crohn's Disease patients [PDF]

, 2012
The small bowel is essential to sustain alimentation and small bowel Crohn's disease (CD) may severely limit its function. Small bowel imaging is a crucial element in diagnosing small bowel CD, and treatment control with imaging is increasingly used to ...
Albert, Jörg Gerhard, Jörg G. Albert
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