Small bowel obstruction caused by a true ileo-ileal knot: a rare case successfully treated by prior ligation of mesenteric vessels

Kanamori, Kohei; Koyanagi, Kazuo; Hara, Hitoshi; Nakamura, Kenji; Nabeshima, Kazuhito; Yamamoto, Miho; Ninomiya, Yamato; Higuchi, Tadashi; Yatabe, Kentaro; Ogimi, Mika; Tajima, Kohei; Mori, Masaki; Yamamoto, Seiichiro; Nakagohri, Toshio; Ozawa, Soji

doi:10.1186/s40792-021-01276-7

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 Details of 13 cases of ileo-ileal knot including our case

From: Small bowel obstruction caused by a true ileo-ileal knot: a rare case successfully treated by prior ligation of mesenteric vessels

Author	Year	Age	Sex	Chief compliant	Surgical history	Preoperative diagnosis	Duration until surgery	Knot point	Operation	Untying before resection	Outcome
Kusaka [3]	1991	17	F	Abdominal pain	None	Appendicitis	18 h	30 cm from ileum end	Resection	Yes	Discharged on 29POD
Kondo [4]	1993	61	M	Abdominal pain	Gastrectomy	Strangulated bowel obstruction	3 h	Ileum	Resection	Yes	Discharged on survival
Kondo	1993	84	M	Abdominal pain, vomiting	None	Strangulated bowel obstruction	18 h	Ileum	Resection	N.A	Discharged on survival
Kondo	1993	76	F	N.A	Hysterectomy	Strangulated bowel obstruction	45 h	Ileum	Release obstruction	–	Discharged on survival
Kondo	1993	91	F	N.A	Common bile duct lithotripsy	Strangulated bowel obstruction	15 h	Ileum	Resection	N.A	Discharged on survival
Uday [5]	2012	68	M	Abdominal pain, vomiting	None	Strangulated bowel obstruction	48 h	15 cm from ileum end	Resection	Yes	Discharged on 8POD
Andromanakos [6]	2014	26	M	Abdominal pain	None	Strangulated bowel obstruction	6 h	Ileum	Resection	Yes	Discharged on 15POD
Abebe [7]	2015	55	F	Abdominal pain	None	Strangulated bowel obstruction	48 h	8 cm from ileum end	Resection	No	Discharged on 14POD
Uemura [8]	2016	90	M	Abdominal pain	Appendectomy	Strangulated bowel obstruction	< 24 h	5 cm from ileum end	Resection	Yes	Discharged on 19POD
Taniguchi [1]	2017	80	F	Abdominal pain	Colectomy, adnexectomy	Strangulated bowel obstruction	6 h	10 cm from ileum end	Resection	Yes	Discharged on 12POD
Matsuoka [9]	2017	27	M	Abdominal pain, vomiting	None	Strangulated bowel obstruction	8 h	Ileum	Resection	No	Discharged on 14POD
Rajesh [10]	2018	23	M	Abdominal pain, vomiting	Hirshsprung	Strangulated bowel obstruction	48 h	20 cm from ileum end	Release obstruction	–	Discharged on 8POD
Present case	2020	89	F	Abdominal pain, vomiting	Caesarean section	Strangulated bowel obstruction	7 h	10 cm from ileum end	Resection	No	Discharged on 13POD

M male, F female, N.A. not available

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