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Table 3 Distribution of patients according to operative findings (N = 118)

From: Tuberculous bowel obstruction at a university teaching hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: a surgical experience with 118 cases

Operative findings

Frequency

Percentage

Small bowel strictures (single/multiple)

86

72.9

Bands and adhesions

20

16.9

Bowel strictures and perforation

6

5.1

Ileocaecal mass

4

3.4

Enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes

2

1,7