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Digestive & GastrointestinalSevere
Intestinal Obstruction
General Surgery · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Severe
Severity
Common cause of emergency surgical admission, particularly in patients with prior abdominal surgery
Prevalence
No
Contagious
General Surgery
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Initial management includes bowel rest
- 2nasogastric tube decompression to relieve pressure
- 3intravenous fluids
- 4and correction of electrolyte imbalances. Many partial obstructions resolve with conservative management
- 5but complete obstruction
- 6signs of strangulation
- 7or failure to improve require urgent surgery to remove the blockage or the affected bowel segment. Close monitoring for signs of bowel ischemia is essential throughout treatment.
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