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

From: Strangulated bowel obstruction caused by an ileo-ileal knot: a rare case report

Author

Nation

Year

Age/sex

Chief compliant

Surgical history

Preoperative diagnosis

Duration until surgery

Knot point

Operation

Untying before resection

Outcome

Uday

India

2012

68/M

Vomiting, distention, constipation, abdominal pain

None

Strangulated bowel obstruction

48 h

15 cm from ileum end

Resection

Yes

Discharged on 8POD

Andromanakos

Greece

2014

26/M

Abdominal pain

None

Strangulated bowel obstruction

6 h

ileum

Resection

Yes

Discharged on 15POD

Abebe

Ethiopia

2015

55/F

Abdominal pain

None

Strangulated bowel obstruction

48 h

8 cm from ileum end

Resection

No

Discharged on 14POD

Gopivallabh

India

2016

54/M

Swelling in the right groin, abdominal pain, vomiting

Appendectomy

Right obstructed inguinal hernia, small bowel obstruction

NA

30 cm from ileum end

Resection

No

Discharged on 6POD

Kalaichelvan

India

2016

65/M

Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting

None

Strangulated small bowel obstruction

48 h

ileum

Release obstruction

Yes

Discharged on 8POD

Taniguchi

Japan

2017

80/F

Abdominal pain

Colostomy, appendectomy

Strangulated bowel obstruction

6 h

10 cm from ileum end

Resection

Yes

Discharged on 12POD

Prabhakar

India

2019

22/M

Distension, constipation, vomiting, abdominal pain

Left inguinal hernia

Strangulated small bowel obstruction

48 h

30 cm from ileum end

Resection, double-barrel ileostomy

No

Discharged on 6POD

Rajesh

India

2019

23/M

Abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation

Hirschsprung

Strangulated bowel obstruction

48 h

20 cm from ileum end

Release obstruction

-

Discharged on 8POD

Beg

India

2020

55/F

Non-passage of feces and flatus, abdominal pain

None

Intussusception and Strangulated small bowel obstruction

48 h

Ileum*

Resection

No

Discharged on 6POD

Sohali

Malaysia

2020

17/F

Abdominal pain, vomiting

Appendectomy

Strangulated small bowel obstruction

24 h

5 cm from ileum end

Resection

No

Discharged on 5POD

Kanamori

Japan

2021

89/F

Abdominal pain, vomiting

Cesarean section

Strangulated bowel obstruction

7 h

10 cm from ileum end

Resection

No

Discharged on 13POD

Mohammed

Ethiopia

2021

18/F

Abdominal pain

None

Ruptured ovarian cyst

12 h

ileum

Resection

No

Discharged on 6POD

Present case

Japan

2021

62/M

Abdominal pain

None

Strangulated bowel obstruction

8 h

80 cm from ileum end

Resection

Yes

Discharged on 11POD

  1. *A loop of ileum was intussuscepting into the ileal loop and the whole loop within loop intussuscepting into the caecum and ascending colon. An ileo-ileal knot was present in the bowel loop just proximal to intussusception