Adult postoperative intussusception following transverse colectomy--a rare complication.

Postoperative intussusception is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in adults. We report a case of postoperative jejunojejunal intussusception in a 45-year-old female following a transverse colectomy for a colonic tumour. The patient presented with intermittent bowel obstruction on the fourth day of her operation. A re-laparotomy performed on day twenty one revealed a jejunojejunal intussusception as the cause for the obstruction. This is a rare cause of postoperative small bowel obstruction, and the pathogenesis and diagnosis of postoperative intussusception in the adult is discussed in the case report.