Intestinal Obstruction Surgery. If the intestines become completely blocked a medical emergency occurs. Sometimes the surgery can be done using a laparoscope which means smaller cuts are used.
If you have. The bowels can twist or kink under the scarring and this can lead to the blockage. This occurs when a portion of your intestine has ruptured.
Surgery to relieve the obstruction may be done if it causes serious symptomsthat are not relieved by other treatments.
The most common cause of a bowel obstruction is scarring from previous abdominal surgery. Complete small bowel obstructions that are caused by adhesions often require surgery. A bowel obstruction repair is surgery to remove or relieve a blockage in the bowel. An obstruction can occur at any spot on either the large intestine or the small intestine.
