Spectrum of intestinal obstruction Saeed A. Binbisher, Abdulla S. Alymani, Rabea O. Barabba, Fozia F. Bamatraf, Saleh A. Bintayair

Abstract

years and around 27 % of the patients were 60 years or older .

The majority of the patients were complaining of abdominal pain 91.9 %, and vomiting 70.3 %.

Regarding the causes of intestinal obstruction, 43.2 % of the patients had obstruction due to external hernia, 21.6 % due to tumors , while 8.1% of the patients had intestinal obstruction due to intussusceptions.

Conclusions: Obstructed external hernia was the main cause of mechanical intestinal obstruction in our community.

Inguinal hernia exceeds paraumblical hernia in adult age group, while volvulus was more common in children.Objectives: To identify the main etiology of mechanical intestinal obstruction at Ibn Sina Teaching Central Hospital (ITCH) in Al-Mukalla city, Hadramout, Yemen and to clarify the symptomatology in relation to age group and gender.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 148 patients admitted to the Surgical Department of (ITCH).

Clinical, radiological features and causes of mechanical intestinal obstruction which was proved by intra-operative findings have been analyzed.

Results: The number of males in this study were 84 (56.8 %) while females were 64 (43.2 %).

The median age of recruited patients was 37 years with a range of 2- 85 years.

Fifty four percent of the patients were younger than 40