Defects of the mesentery as a cause of intestinal obstruction

Abstract

Intestinal obstruction as a consequence of a defect in the mesentery is quite rare. In Obalinsky's 110 cases of obstruction only one was due to a hole in the mesentery of the small intestine. König brings this mechanism of obstruction to 2%. Random findings of mesenteric orifices are also rare. Treitz, in many thousands of autopsies, found a hole in the mesentery of the small intestine only 2 times. Mitchell, on over a thousand cadavers only once saw a mesenteric small intestine defect. Prof. Chistovich (1931) did not find a single hole in the mesentery in almost 5,000 autopsies.

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