Mesenteric plication in the treatment of adhesive intestinal obstruction.

A material comprising 29 patients operated on by the method introduced by T. B. Noble is presented. The indication was acute obstruction in 17 cases, peritonitis in 6 and chronic obstruction in 6. The period of observation ranged from 1 to 11 years. The postoperative mortality was 3/29 and after follow-up of the remaining patients, the results were judged as satisfactory (good or fair) in 23 patients and poor in 3.