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

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Preoperative diagnosis</td><td class="align_center">Frequency (<i>n</i> = 28)</td><td class="align_center">Percentage</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Small bowel obstruction</td><td class="align_center">14</td><td class="align_center">50.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ISK</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">21.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sigmoid volvulus</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">14.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Perforated viscus</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">7.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Acute mesenteric ischemia</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">3.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Acute pancreatitis</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">3.6</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Preoperative diagnosis of patients operated for ISK at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from February 2014 to January 2020.</div>

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Table 3: Ileosigmoid Knotting: Analysis of Patients Clinical Profiles and Determinants of Outcomes 