Open AccessTOURNIQUET APPENDIX: RARE ETIOLOGY OF ORGANIC ACUTE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
Bicane Ma.,
Malaaynine Mf.,
K. Rabbani,
A. Louzi,
B. Finech
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/13334
Subject(s) - appendix , medicine , etiology , ileus , bowel obstruction , acute appendicitis , appendicitis , surgical emergency , surgery , general surgery , paleontology , biology
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency. A bowel obstruction due to the appendicitis is in most cases functional with a paralytic ileus mechanical bowel obstructions are rare or exceptional. We describe a rare case of a mechanical bowel obstruction due to a strangulation of the last ileal loop by the appendix.