Small Bowel Intussusception After Rectal Surgery: Case Report

Abstract

Adult small bowel intussusception is a very rare entity. However, it may cause mechanical small bowel obstruction. In this report, a case with small bowel intussusception after anterior resection for rectal tumor is presented. The patient was operated and the invaginated segment was resected. Postoperative evaluation of the resected material revealed no lead point lesion for invagination. Small bowel intussusception should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of postoperative ileus.

Keywords

• Intussusception
• rectal surgery
• small bowel