Laparoscopic Release of Adhesive Bowel Obstruction

    Adhesive intestinal obstruction is a common clinical surgical emergency abdomen, mainly due to postoperative adhesions. The history of the disease is usually long, has the characteristics of recurrent attacks, patients suffer a lot, and doctors also have more headache disease. The combination of Chinese and Western medicine such as water fasting, gastrointestinal decompression and anti-inflammatory treatment can effectively relieve the symptoms of obstruction. However, to eradicate the occurrence of intestinal obstruction, surgery is needed to release the adhesions causing the obstruction. Open surgery can also cause adhesions after surgery and may make the adhesions larger and heavier, with a higher rate of reobstruction after surgery. This vicious circle results in reluctance of patients and doctors to use surgical treatment. The development of modern laparoscopic technology, due to its minimally invasive and extracorporeal operation characteristics, can avoid the occurrence of adhesions sufficient to cause obstruction, which brings light to patients with adhesive intestinal obstruction. Nowadays, we take advantage of the combination of Chinese and Western medicine and minimally invasive treatment to relieve the obstruction in the acute stage. Laparoscopic adhesiolysis is performed in the remission period to cure the obstruction, and has achieved very satisfactory results, relieving the patient of lifelong pain.