[Postoperative complications in occlusive colonic ileus of tumor origin].

Out of a total of 232 patients with obturation colonic ileus subjected to operation, in 79 cases (34.05 per cent) various types of complications are observed, distributed in four groups as follows: group one--on behalf of the organ operated on (colon and rectum), group two--peritoneal cavity and abdominal organs, group three--organs and systems outside the abdominal cavity, and group four--operative wound. In this respect bronchopulmonary complications, would infections and paralytic ileus play a major role.