Objective: This systematic review was aimed to address the prevalence and causes of
intestinal obstruction in Ethiopia. Methods: Systematic searches were conducted on …

Introduction Intertwining of bowel loops to form a knot is very rare cause of intestinal
obstruction. Among intestinal knots, ileoileal knotting is the most rare, with only a handful of …

Strangulated intestinal obstruction is one of the most common types of acute abdomen and
requires urgent surgical treatment. Herein, we report a very rare case of strangulated …

Introduction Regardless of the cause, bowel obstruction is described as the absence of
abnormal transit of intestinal contents. It may involve only the small intestine, the large …

Background Ileoileal knotting is one of the rarest causes of intestinal obstruction. The
pathology involves knotting of the ileum around itself, leading to mechanical intestinal …

Introduction Knotting of bowel loops is a rare cause of acute abdomen and ileoileal knotting
is one of the rarest causes, with only a few cases reported mostly in adult literature. Case …

Background Intestinal knot formation, in which two segments of the intestine become knotted
together, can result in intestinal obstruction. An ileo-ileal knot refers to knot formation …

Intestinal knot is a rare cause of closed loop obstruction. It originates with the wrapping of
the mobile ileal loop compromising the mesentery in the center of knot and is an unusual …

Small bowel obstruction due to ileo-ileal knotting is rare. Ileo-ileal knotting usually presents
with clinical features of small bowel obstruction with rapid deterioration to bowel necrosis …

Background Small bowel obstruction is an acute surgical disease necessitating urgent
diagnosis and intervention. Ileoileal knotting is a rare condition that can result in acute bowel …