Title

Clinical outcome of conservative versus surgical management in acute intestinal obstruction

Authors

Sandeep Sharma¹, Kaushlendra Singh Narwariya¹, Rakesh Shakya^1,*, Upendra Singh² & Vishnu Kumar Gupta³

Affiliation

¹Department of General Surgery, SRVS Medical College Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Satna, Pradesh, India; ³Department of Community Medicine, SRVS Medical College Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Sandeep Sharma - E-mail: drsharmasandeep1981@gmail.com
Kaushlendra Singh Narwariya - E-mail: dr.k.s.narwariya@gmail.com
Rakesh Shakya - E-mail: drrakesh2010@gmail.com
Upendra Singh - E-mail: lvmshr4@gmail.com
Vishnu Kumar Gupta - E-mail: Vishnukgupta4@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received November 15, 2025; Revised December 15, 2025; Accepted December 15, 2025, Published December 15, 2025

Abstract

Acute intestinal obstruction presents a clinical challenge, and the optimal management approach remains uncertain. Therefore, it is of interest to compare outcomes of conservative versus surgical management in 100 patients with acute intestinal obstruction. Conservative treatment successfully resolved most cases (86.5%) and resulted in significantly shorter hospital stay. Surgical management was required for complicated or non-responsive cases and showed a higher rate of postoperative complications. Mortality remained low and comparable between both groups. Thus, we show that conservative management is effective for most patients with acute intestinal obstruction, resulting in shorter hospital stays, while surgery remains crucial for complicated or non-responsive cases, with comparable mortality rates between both treatments.

Keywords

Acute intestinal obstruction, conservative management, surgical management, clinical outcome, hospital stay

Citation

Sharma et al. Bioinformation 21(12): 5025-5028 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.