Kirti Katherine Kabeer
Apollo Specialty Hospital, India
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Primary Health Care
Delayed post-traumatic small bowel stricture is rare and differentiation from other more common causes of small intestinal stricture is difficult. Presentation may be delayed up to years after the injury. Very often the findings mimic those of other causes of long segment strictures such as Tuberculosis, Crohn's disease, lymphoma, etc. This study analyzes two cases of post-traumatic small bowel stricture, with different presentations and different therapeutic challenges. The literature on this condition is not well recognized and will be reviewed. Resection and reconstruction are diagnostic and therapeutic in patients who present with post-traumatic small bowel stricture, as inflammatory and neoplastic causes cannot be ruled out without histological diagnosis.
Kirti Katherine Kabeer, has completed her MS General Surgery from Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India and is currently working with Apollo Specialty Hospital, Chennai, India. This paper that we would like to present has already been accepted and published by the Journal of Surgical Science in 2014.
Email: kirti.katherine@gmail.com
