Outcome and Associated Factors of intestinal obstruction among Patients underwent surgery at University of Gondar Comprehensive Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017.

Abstract

Background: Intestinal obstruction Objectives: To assess surgical management outcome and associated factors of intestinal obstruction among surgically treated patients at University of Gondar comprehensive specialized Hospital, Gondar, 2017. Methods: Hospital based cross sectional study was conducted among patients who were surgically treated for IO during the last 4 years at the UGCSH from January 2013 Up to December 2016. Three hundred fourteen Result: Among 314 randomly selected charts, 310 Conclusion: Favorable surgical management outcome was relatively high as compared to other findings. The majority of patients had favorable surgical management outcomes of IO. Determinant factors that positively associated with surgical management outcome of intestinal obstruction were sex, duration of illness and length of hospital stay. History of abdominal surgery was a factor that negatively associated with surgical management outcome of intestinal obstruction. Early diagnosis, adequate preoperative and proper post-operative care shall be done. Keywords: Intestinal obstruction, Management outcome, Hospital, Ethiopia.