Large bowel obstructions are an abdominal emergency with morbidity and mortality dependent on early diagnosis . This case is of a 58-year-old male who presented with large bowel obstruction due to constipation. Differential diagnosis of large bowel obstruction ranges from benign to emergent should include conditions such as Ogilvie’s syndrome, paralytic ileus, small bowel obstruction to toxic megacolon. This male with only a risk factor of opioid use after spinal surgery. Attempts at medical management were made but the patient ultimately needed definitive management through exploratory laparostomy
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A food bolus can be an occasional cause of small bowel obstruction. Especially older and senile pati...
Introduction: Gallstone bowel obstruction is a rare form of mechanical ileus usually presenting in e...
Background : Adult large bowel obstruction is an infrequent cause of acute obstruction in Africa and...
Background: Large bowel obstruction is rarely caused by adhesions. To our knowledge, the few cases r...
OBJECTIVE We aim to report a rare case of large bowel obstruction due to pancreatic adenocarcinoma....
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Introduction and importance: Colonic pseudo-obstruction (CPO) is characterized by massive colonic di...
Constipation is an extremely common chief complaint in the emergency department, contributing to app...
Background: Large bowel obstruction is rarely caused by adhesions. To our knowledge, the few cases r...
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Colorectal cancer represents the third most common cause of malignancy and is the most common cause ...
Appendicitis has always been the most common surgical case in our daily practices; however, appendic...
Introduction: Volvulus of two segments of colon has been reported rarely, as either synchronous or m...
Copyright © 2015 Marco Balzarini et al.This is an open access article distributed under theCreative ...
The bowel is involved in 3.8 to 37% of women with endometriosis, out of which nearly 1% present with...
A food bolus can be an occasional cause of small bowel obstruction. Especially older and senile pati...
Introduction: Gallstone bowel obstruction is a rare form of mechanical ileus usually presenting in e...
Background : Adult large bowel obstruction is an infrequent cause of acute obstruction in Africa and...
Background: Large bowel obstruction is rarely caused by adhesions. To our knowledge, the few cases r...
OBJECTIVE We aim to report a rare case of large bowel obstruction due to pancreatic adenocarcinoma....
Introduction: Acute large bowel obstruction is a rare presentation of pancreatic cancer, with only ...
Introduction and importance: Colonic pseudo-obstruction (CPO) is characterized by massive colonic di...
Constipation is an extremely common chief complaint in the emergency department, contributing to app...
Background: Large bowel obstruction is rarely caused by adhesions. To our knowledge, the few cases r...
Background. Sigmoid volvulus is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction representing the 5% of a...
Colorectal cancer represents the third most common cause of malignancy and is the most common cause ...
Appendicitis has always been the most common surgical case in our daily practices; however, appendic...
Introduction: Volvulus of two segments of colon has been reported rarely, as either synchronous or m...
Copyright © 2015 Marco Balzarini et al.This is an open access article distributed under theCreative ...
The bowel is involved in 3.8 to 37% of women with endometriosis, out of which nearly 1% present with...
A food bolus can be an occasional cause of small bowel obstruction. Especially older and senile pati...
Introduction: Gallstone bowel obstruction is a rare form of mechanical ileus usually presenting in e...