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

Table 4

Intraoperative finding and type of procedure performed for patients operated for ISK at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from February 2014 to January 2020.

Finding at laparotomy	Procedure performed	Frequency (n = 28)	Percentage
Gangrenous ileum and gangrenous sigmoid colon	Ileal resection and primary ileoileal anastomosis, sigmoid resection and Hartman’s procedure	16	57.1
	Ileal resection and ileostomy, sigmoid resection, and Hartman’s procedure	1	3.6
Gangrenous ileum and viable sigmoid colon	Resection of the ileum with primary ileoileal anastomosis and rectal tube sigmoid decompression	8	28.5
Viable ileum and gangrenous sigmoid colon	Hartman’s procedure	1	3.6
Viable ilium and viable sigmoid	Untying	2	7.2