Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction after Spinal Cord Injury:35 Cases Report / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of spinal cord injury patients with postoperative adhesive intestinal obstruc-tion, and summarize the clinical experience of diagnosis and treatment. Methods 35 spinal cord injury patients with postoperative adhesive intestinal obstruction in our department from August 2008 to August 2013 were reviewed. Results All of them had a history of abdominal surgery for various reasons, 22 cases received sigmoid colon pouch procedure and 13 cases received cholecystectomy. 25 cases suffered T10-L1 spinal cord injury, 10 cases suffered cervical spinal cord injury;26 cases (74.3%) received non-operative treatment and recovered, 9 cases (25.7%) were transferred to surgery. Conclusion There is no typical clinical symptom and sign in spinal cord injury patients with adhe-sive intestinal obstruction after abdominal surgery, so early diagnosis is difficult, and the imaging examination is necessary. When non-opera-tion treatment is not effective to these patients, surgical treatment should be timely carried out.