Effect of intestinal necrosis in the postoperative prognosis of acute intestinal obstruction. Experiences with 123 cases surgically treated at Bujumbura Hospital (Burundi)
Bazira, L.; Nsabimana, C.; Armstrong, O.
Annales de Chirurgie 43(10): 811-813
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3944 PMID: 2619212 Document Number: 338093
The review of 123 cases of patients operated for acute intestinal obstruction emphasises the principal epidemiological factors and the necessity of a very brief delay between the first signs of obstruction and the therapeutic procedure. The high mortality in the series (25%) was due to the high incidence of necrosis observed (40%).