Abstract

AMADO BLANCO, Isel  and  LAFFITA LABANINO, Wilson. Intestinal occlusion by Ileosigmoid Knot. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2015, vol.54, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

Intestinal occlusion is a frequent cause of surgical acute abdomen. Among its multiple causes are the ileosigmoid knot, a rare entity worldwide, which is relatively frequent in some geographic areas such as Asia, Middle East and Africa. The objective of this paper was to present four patients with intestinal occlusion due to ileosigmoid knot in Souro Sanu of Bobo Diulaso hospitals in Burkina Faso and Wa Regional Hospital in Ghana. They were operated on through block resection of gangrenous ileal and sigmoid segments with ascending ileoanastomosis and Hartrman-type colostomy. The patients recovered satisfactorily and three months later, the intestinal transfer was finally re-established. A literature review on the topic was made.

Keywords : ileosigmoid knot; intestinal resection; surgical acute abdomen.

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