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The intestinal post-operative bridle represents the third most important etiology of obstructions at the clinic of the University Hospital of Dakar, behind hernia strangulations and the volvulus of the digestive tube. Between 1970 and 1989, a retrospective study has led to a sample of 79 patients with post-operative bridle obstructions. The group was made of 47 women and 32 men between 17 and 84 years of age. Stomach ache was by far the most common functional symptomatology, followed by the stoppage of the transit and vomiting. In most cases palpation revealed the presence of tympanism. For almost all the patients, the abdomen without preparation revealed either a hydroaeric level or a diffuse grey area. The initial intervention concerned mainly gynecological affections or pathologies of appendicular type. The resection of the bridles was carried out in most cases. There were 10 deaths. The intestinal obstructions by post-operative bridles continue to be a surgical emergency still characterized by a high mortality rate. The late consultation of the patients, often received when presenting considerable visceral deficiency, is one of the main causes of the high rate of fatalities.
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PMID:[Intestinal obstruction caused by postoperative adhesion. 79 cases]. 180 62

The profile of colic occlusions has been drawn from sixty two (62) observations made at the Surgical Clinic between 1970 and 1984. The male sex was slightly more affected (3 men for 2 women) with the age of the patients ranging from 19 to 82 years. The clinical sign could be summed up as following: a montrous ballooning of the abdomen which is asymmetrical in 89% of the cases. The occlusions with a stade of shock represented 58% of our observations. The abdomen plain film exhibited the characteristic signs in 89% of the cases. The etiology is dominated by the volvulus of the pelvic colon in 83% of the cases. The essentially surgical treatment has mostly consisted on a resection-anastomosis. Mortality rate was 9.7%. Late consultation of the patients, the shortage of fully equiped medical infrastructure explain the gravity of the affection.
Dakar Med 1993
PMID:[Colic occlusions: retrospective study of 62 cases]. 788 44

The authors reported two cases of gastric volvulus in female and male babies respectively 5 and 3 months old. Patients presented functional symptoms as vomiting, regurgitation. Baryum meal X ray allows to make diagnosis in meso-axial and organoxial varieties. They showed the interest to evocate this diagnosis related to an infant vomiting's diagnosis and discussed about therapeutic modality.
Dakar Med 1997
PMID:[Gastric volvulus in the infant. Clinical and radiological diagnosis]. 982 42

The left paraduodenal hernia obtains when the small intestine goes through the left paraduodenal fosset. It (the hernia) develops on the left, at the back of the descending mesocolon. The present authors study one case looking at its pathogeny and the clinical and therapeutic problems posed by such a variety of congenital internal hernia. The authors emphasize, in particular, its morbid associations with the volvulus of the pelvic colon. Finally they highlight the importance of a through and careful exploration of the abdominal cavity during any laparatomy following an occlusive syndrome.
Dakar Med 1998
PMID:[A left paraduodenal hernia--a case report]. 1079 75