Case Report

Adult Postoperative Intussusception: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction

A case is reported of postoperative jejunojejunal intussusception in a 45-year-old Afro-Caribbean male following an emergency truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty. This is a rare cause of postoperative small bowel obstruction, and the pathogenesis and diagnosis of postoperative intussusception in the adult is discussed. Differences between conventional childhood, postoperative childhood, adult,…