INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO A HOLE IN THE MESENTERY OF THE ASCENDING COLON
- 14 March 1936
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 106 (11) , 895-898
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1936.02770110011004
Abstract
In an article on acute intestinal obstruction due to mesenteric defects, requiring massive resection, Edwards1says "The passage of a loop of small bowel through this abnormal opening in the mesentery is probably the rarest of all factors responsible for intestinal obstruction." Edwards reports that "Brown2in 1920 summarized twenty cases of this malady, and Cutler3in 1925 tabulated data concerning these cases and eight others." Edwards also refers to cases recorded by Elston,4McWhorter,5Judd6and Hamaker7and says "The opening is usually just mesial to the artery supplying the terminal part of the ileum, the appendix and the first portion of the cecum. This accounts for the fact that the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum are not included in the gangrenous process." Edwards then reports two cases coming under his care. In each extensive resection was necessary. BothKeywords
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