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Appendicitis Causing Acute Intestinal Obstruction with Strangulation
Author(s) -
Bose S. M.,
Talwar B. L.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1973.tb05673.x
Subject(s) - medicine , appendix , ileum , acute appendicitis , appendicitis , complication , surgery , general surgery , gastroenterology , paleontology , biology
Two cases are reported of acute intestinal obstruction associated with strangulation, each due to acute appendicitis. In one patient, appendicectomy was sufficient to cure the condition. but in the other, resection of about five feet of gangrenous ileum was required. Summary Two cases of acute intestinal obstruction caused by an acutely inflamed appendix encircling a loop of ileum are presented. In one case the gangrenous ileal segment had to be excised. This is a rare complication of a common disease.