title: A case of postoperative recurrent intussusception associated with indwelling bowel tube.
abstract: Intussusception is quite uncommon in adults. We report a rare case of a 76-year-old man with small bowel intussusception induced by two indwelling bowel tubes, the first a jejunal feeding tube and the second an ileus tube. After complete reduction of the first intussusception caused by the jejunal feeding tube and adhesion, re-intussusception occurred due to the postoperative adhesion and ileus tube inserted into the bowel after the previous operation for intussusception. Finally, the part of the jejunum with re-intussusception and adhesion, including the place where the previous reduced intussusception had occurred, was resected. This case is a reminder that when there is no mucosal lesion other than an indwelling bowel tube or a hard adhesion/inflammation around intussusception, the patient should be operated on without delay for resection of the intussusception to prevent re-intussusception, even if the resected bowel is predicted to be long.
authors.affiliation: Yoshitaka Furuya, Takashi Wakahara, Harutoshi Akimoto, Chu Manh Long, Department of Surgery, Sodegaura Satsukidai Hospital, 5-21 Nagauraekimae, Sodegaura, Chiba 299-0246, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakahara
authors.forename: Harutoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akimoto
authors.forename: Chu Manh
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanagie
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasuhara