Intestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides

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dc.contributor.authorAkgun, Y
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T15:59:38Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T15:59:38Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: The aim of this study is to present patients, to discuss causes of morbidity and mortality, and to ascertain prognostic indexes and therapeutic options influencing outcome of patients with intestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During the past 20 years, between 1975 and 1995, a total of 17 patients with intestinal obstruction attributable to A. lumbricoides underwent surgery. Five were adults, and 12 were children. The most frequent symptoms and physical findings were abdominal pain, distention, nausea, vomiting, and constipation. Enterotomy was performed in ten patients and resection in two patients. Manual exposition and advancement of the parasitic bundle toward the colon was attempted in five patients. Morbidity and mortality rates were 29 and 17 percent, respectively, and septic shock was the major cause of death. RESULTS: This study suggests that simple bowel obstruction is the fatal complication of A. lumbricoides infestation, which is seen particularly in preschool and young school-aged children living in unhygienic conditions, and illustrates the need for heightened awareness of A. lumbricoides by the emergency physician in the differential diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnosis and surgical intervention are essential to minimize high morbidity and mortality.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/BF02081419
dc.identifier.endpage1163en_US
dc.identifier.issn0012-3706
dc.identifier.issue10en_US
dc.identifier.pmid8831534
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0029766166
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage1159en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/BF02081419
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/14183
dc.identifier.volume39en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:A1996VK64000018
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWilliams & Wilkinsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofDiseases of The Colon & Rectum
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectIntestinal Obstructionen_US
dc.subjectAscaris Lumbricoidesen_US
dc.titleIntestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoidesen_US
dc.titleIntestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides
dc.typeArticleen_US

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