Variable

Age group

Etiology

<20 years

21 - 30 years

31 - 40 years

41 - 49 years

>50 years

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Strangulated hernias

02

66.6

02

20

09

42.8

06

31.5

09

45

Digestive tumours

00

0.0

00

0.0

07

33.3

04

21.05

06

30

Adhesions

01

33.3

04

40

04

19.05

04

21.05

00

0.0

Volvulus

00

0.0

01

10

00

0.0

03

15.7

003

15

Intussusception

00

0.0

01

10

01

4.76

01

5.2

01

5

External tumours

00

0.0

00

0.0

00

0.0

01

5.2

01

5

Ascaris

00

0.0

02

20

00

0.0

00

0.0

00

0.0