Study of clinico-radiological profile and management non-neoplastic stricture of small bowel

Small bowel strictures can be neoplastic or non-neoplastic. Tuberculosis and Crohns disease are major cause non neoplastic stricture of small bowel. Other causes of strictures are radiation injury to bowel, blunt abdominal trauma, drug induced, ischemia and anastomotic stricture and are classified as non-specific stricture. Stricture of small bowel presents great diagnostic challenge so far its etiology is concerned. It should be endeavor of all of us to diagnose this disease in early stages since an early diagnosis and timely surgery will most likely save the life of patients. It is against this background of changing spectrum of small bowel pathology that detailed study was undertaken with sole aim of obtaining full knowledge of the disease causing "non-neoplastic stricture of small bowel".