Intestinal obstruction in the early postoperative period in patients with gastrointestinal tumors

Data on the clinical course and medical tactics in mechanical small intestine ileus developing in the early postoperative period in patients with carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract are given. The mechanical intestinal ileus was responsible for relaparotomies in 22 patients (5 of them died). An early repeated operation is stressed to be necessary which is less dangerous for the patient than a continuous waiting.