ACUTE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION BY INTERNAL STRANGULATION; LAPAROTOMY; CURE.

Case of Intestinal Obstruction Successfully Treated by Laparotomy

on Intestinal Obstruction in this Society, I reported five cases of laparotomy for intestinal obstruction, which were published in the November number of the Edinburgh Medical Journal. Since reporting these cases, all of which proved fatal, I have successfully operated on one patient, whose case I now beg to lay before you. The case has been written out for me by Dr Alex. Miles, who was my hous...

Results of Experimental Intestinal Strangulation Obstruction in Germfree Rats

Experimental low ileal strangulation obstruction has been produced in germfree and conventional rats. The mean survival time was 240 hours in the germfree rats and 44 hours in the conventional controls. 4 of the 10 germfree rats survived 15 or more days, whereas the 10 conventional animals were all dead within 2(1/2) days. The strangulation obstruction fluid from the germfree animals was steril...

Intestinal Obstruction with Internal Hæmorrhage

Intestinal strangulation and sub-acute bowel obstruction in direct inguinal hernia

Strangulation, secondary to reduced blood flow, is a well-known complication of herniae. Signs of bowel activity do not rule out the possibility of vascular compromise. Raised inflammatory markers and a positive computed tomography scan can lead to a preoperative diagnosis, but the mortality rate remains high.

A rare case of internal small intestinal strangulation

Although internal abdominal hernias cause acute intestinal obstruction in no more than 6% of cases, the lethality associated with them reaches 50% in case of untimely diagnosed strangulation and gangrene of the intestine. The rarest type of such hernias is a transomental hernia, which occurs in 1-4% of cases. The diagnosis is difficult when such hernias are strangulated; therefore, they require...