title: [Surgical treatment and observation of the therapeutic results in 11 cases of tuberculous adherent intestinal obstruction].
abstract: 11 cases with tuberculous adherent intestinal obstruction treated by means of exfoliating and resecting of fibrous plate and tuberculous focus curettage were reported. All were females with an age range of 22 to 44 years. The diagnosis was confirmed by operation and biopsy. 8 of them were complete obstruction and incomplete in 3.5 cases were strangulated by fibrous band. Bowel necrosis occurred in 3. A thorough exfoliating and resecting of fibrous plate were carried out in all cases, associated with enterectomy in 2 cases and ileocecectomy on one. No mortality and fistula formation in this series. Follow-up from 1.5 to 7 years in 8 cases. No obstructive signs of recurrence were noticed. Weight gained about 10-15 kg. postoperatively.
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authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications