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Online Published: 28 Oct 2016
 


A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov.


Abstract
During the last four decades the laparoscopic surgery gradually underwent a full recognition and nowadays it is a “gold standard” treatment for many elective conditions and recently in wide variety of emergent conditions. However, its use in bowel obstruction is still under debate and high-level evidence are lacking.
Herein we present a case of 36-year-old man with small bowel intussusception due to metastases from melanoma initially treated laparoscopically. Diagnostic challenges and pitfalls of laparoscopic treatment are discussed.
Multiple gastrointestinal metastases should be considered in all cases with small bowel obstruction and a history of melanoma. Although laparoscopy is increasingly used in emergency setting and appears to be feasible and safe treatment of small bowel obstruction it should be used with a caution in cases with suspected metastasized malignant melanoma.

Key words: small bowel intussusception laparoscopy, small bowel intussusception treatment, small bowel intussusception laparoscopic surgery


 
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Mutafchiyski V, Kotashev G, Tabakov M, Mihailova J, Popivanov G. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. Int J Surg Med. 2016; 2(4): 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception

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Mutafchiyski V, Kotashev G, Tabakov M, Mihailova J, Popivanov G. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. https://www.ejos.org/?mno=242404 [Access: June 26, 2026]. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception

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Mutafchiyski V, Kotashev G, Tabakov M, Mihailova J, Popivanov G. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. Int J Surg Med. 2016; 2(4): 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


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Mutafchiyski V, Kotashev G, Tabakov M, Mihailova J, Popivanov G. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. Int J Surg Med. (2016), [cited June 26, 2026]; 2(4): 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


Harvard Style

Mutafchiyski, V., Kotashev, . G., Tabakov, . M., Mihailova, . J. & Popivanov, . G. (2016) A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. Int J Surg Med, 2 (4), 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


Turabian Style

Mutafchiyski, Ventsislav, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, and Georgi Popivanov. 2016. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2 (4), 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


Chicago Style

Mutafchiyski, Ventsislav, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, and Georgi Popivanov. "A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2 (2016), 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Mutafchiyski, Ventsislav, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, and Georgi Popivanov. "A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2.4 (2016), 230-233. Print. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Mutafchiyski, V., Kotashev, . G., Tabakov, . M., Mihailova, . J. & Popivanov, . G. (2016) A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2 (4), 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


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