Surgical management of bowel obstruction in colorectal diseases

Abstract

Bowel obstruction is a fatal abdominal emergency that occurs as a complication to a diverse etiology. A large proportion of which comes from malignancy of the bowel. The obstruction can only be managed by surgical correction. A vast number of guidelines has been generated on how to treat it effectively. This thesis aims to evaluate, from gathered literature, the efficacy of different management options in different settings.