Liaqat Ali Deokah, Balakh Sher Zaman, Usman Habib Virk, Fakhar-uz Zaman, Neelma Asghar, Javaid Sajjad Hashmi.
Frequency of different causes of mechanical bowel obstruction.
J Allama Iqbal Med Coll Jan ;19(4):991-4.

Objective: To find out the frequency of different causes of mechanical intestinal Obstruction Methods: 100 patients were included in this study. All cases of mechanical intestinal obstruction confirmed per-operatively. Results: A 100 patient of mechanical intestinal obstruction were treated during the study period. There were 83 male patients and 17 were female patients with male to female ratio 5:1 the patient ranged from 20-70 years of Age. 79 (%) patient were of Small intestine obstruction and 21(%) had large Bowel Obstruction. The most frequent cause of Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction was Adhesion's and Bands 38(%). Conclusion: Absence of passage of Flatus and/or faeces and Abdominal distention are the most common Symptoms and physical finding of patients with acute Mechanical Intestinal obstruction respectively. Adhesions flernias and large Bowel cancers are the most common causes of obstruction as well as Bowel ischemia, Necrosis and perforation. Keywords: Acute Mechanical Bowel Obstruction, Adhesions/Bands, frequently

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