Typhoid perforation of bowel

A retrospective review of 45 patients with perforated typhoid enteritis. Managed operatively from January 1990 to December 1993. There were 39 male and 6 female, presenting symptoms were pain, vomiting, fever and constipation [or loose motions]. Post dehiscence and leaking from suture lines. There were 9 deaths most of the deaths were attributed to overwhelming sepsis. Enteric perforation is a common surgical problem of developing world