PREVENTION OF INTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION AFTER EXTRA-ABDOMINAL SURGERY

Abstract

Introduction. Currently, intestinal dysfunction is an actual problem in abdominal surgery. According to data based on observations in different countries, this complication verified after surgical interventions outside the abdominal cavity. The review is devoted to the analysis of complications in abdominal cavity after non-abdominal operations. Postoperative abdominal complications developed after interventions in the retroperitoneal space, thoracic surgery, operations on pelvic organs, in the lumbar spine and other interventions. All these operations could cause evacuation disturbances and abnormal intestinal transit. Various terms are used to describe this condition, such as “postoperative flatulence”, “dynamic intestinal obstruction”, “functional intestinal stasis”, “postoperative functional intestinal obstruction”, “postoperative intestinal paresis”. The main cause of postoperative intestinal dysfunction is impaired intestinal motility. The purpose of the review is to analyze methods of prevention of intestinal functions that developed after extra - abdominal surgery.