Analysis of the Causes of Intestinal Obstruction in Children to See the Impact of the Results on Healthy Life

Abstract

Background: Intestinal obstruction, which affects patients of all ages, is described as a stoppage of the forward passage of contents inside the intestinal lumen. Aim: This paper aims to analysis of the causes of intestinal obstruction in children to see the impact of the results on healthy life. Patients and methods: This study was detected the causes of intestinal obstruction and how the effect on children as well as to see the impact of the results on healthy life conducted in different hospitals in Iraq from 14th January 2021 to 7th March 2022 with 42 cases for intestinal obstruction of children patients who under 14 years. The methodology outcomes were designed and analysed by the SPSS program. Results and discussion: Intestinal obstruction is a prevalent issue in the field of paediatric surgery, affecting children of various age groups. In contrast, previous studies have reported the highest incidence of intestinal obstruction to be under the age of one to two years old; however, our findings indicate that it is predominantly observed in children under the age of 14, with peak occurrence in infancy, consistent with similar reports documented in other regions of the country. Interestingly, only two patients, which accounted for a mere 1.54% of the sample, manifested obstructed umbilical hernia. In this study, a greater frequency of postoperative complications related to sepsis was observed. Predominantly, surgical infection was the most prevalent, followed by Septicemia and postoperative pyrexia as the other common occurrences. Conclusion: The study found that most impacted of intestinal obstructions are more common and that these acquired causes are mostly upper gastrointestinal in origin. In comparing with the last studies, the pattern and clinical presentation of intestinal obstruction are similar across Iraq. The negative outcomes of complications refer that Surgical infection (20%) and Postoperative fever (16%) got the high impact on children that occur with 36 % of patients after the operation was conducted.