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Case #4 -
A 61 year old with crampy mid-abdominal pain

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
8.) What complication of small bowel obstruction requires urgent operation?

The complication of small bowel obstruction requiring urgent surgery is vascular compromise of the bowel with subsequent ischemia and infarction.  
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