FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROVED RESULTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

1 July 1950

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery

Vol. 61 (1) , 115-122
https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1950.01250020118013

Abstract

THE PURPOSE of this paper is to report the striking improvement which has occurred in the management of acute intestinal obstruction in the past five years and to analyze the responsible factors. The material consists of a total group of 205 patients with acute intestinal obstruction, of whom 126 were private patients and 79 were charity patients seen in the University Hospital. The first group, totaling 80 patients, was treated between the years 1935 and 1942, with a mortality of 20.3 per cent. In the second series of 125 cases, observed between 1946 and 1949, the mortality was reduced to 8.8 per cent. We believe that this striking reduction in the mortality results from a number of factors which may be enumerated as follows: (1) earlier diagnosis caused by our being obstruction conscious; (2) prompt intubation in all cases of obstruction of the small bowel when distention is present; (3)

Keywords

INTESTINE

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