The Epidemiology of Various Intestinal Obstruction Causes in Children and Teenagers: A Multi-Center Study

Aim: to assess the Epidemiology of intestinal obstruction in children And Teenagers its causes. Study design: This is A Multicenter study. Place and duration study: study was conducted lrh hmc territory care hospital kpk . Analysis completed 01 year, from Jan 2021 2022. Methodology: included all aged 13 18 years hospitalized pediatrics department who had an exploratory laparotomy for blockage met inclusion criteria. During laparotomy, adhesions, intussusceptions, roundworms, obstructed hernia were identified as possible reasons blockage. Software SPSS version 24 used analyze data that collected. We calculated percentages, means, standard deviations. Results: 85 patients all, including 30 cases (35% females) 55 points (65% males), analyzed. From [01] [12] range ages, with a mean age [04.3602.06] years. Adhesions most frequent cause obstruction, followed by intussusception 36 (42% cases) 27 (31% cases), respectively. Conclusion: The prevalence etiological varies group, although adhesions are cause, coming second. Keywords: Children ,Teenagers, causes, adhesion,