Ileosigmoid Knotting: Analysis of Patients Clinical Profiles and Determinants of Outcomes

Table 2

Clinical Presentation of patients operated for ISK at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from February 2014 to January 2020.

Clinical presentation	Frequency	Percentage
Symptoms
Abdominal pain	28	100
Vomiting	28	100
Abdominal distention	24	85.7
Failure to pass flatus or feces	23	82.1
Signs
Shock at presentation	5	17.9
Abdominal tenderness	26	92.8
Guarding/Rebound tenderness	19	67.8
Hypoactive bowel sound	15	53.6
Normoactive bowel sound	7	25
Hyperactive bowel sound	6	21.4
Hypertympanic abdomen	24	85.7
Stool in the rectum	15	53.8
Empty rectum	11	39.3
Blood in the rectum	2	7.1