title: Typhoid perforation of the bowel. Experiences in 78 cases.
abstract: Seventy-eight patients ranging from four to 65 years of age were treated for typhoid perforation of the bowel. Sixty-one patients (78%) were males. The average time from perforation to admission was 56 hours. The mortality rate was 32% and was adversely influenced by the duration of illness, duration of perforation, shock, uremia, encephalopathy and fecal peritonitis. Forty-nine patients were treated by closure of the perforation, resection or miscellaneous procedures; the other 29 by closure of the perforation combined with an end-to-end ileotransverse colostomy. Although mortality was the same in both groups, those undergoing bypass had a significantly smoother postoperative course.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality