Perforated acute abdomen is a common syndrome among nontraumatic abdominal emergencies [1]. Bowel perforations may occur because of inflammatory, neoplastic, traumatic, or infectious processes in the digestive tract [2]. They can also be due to ingestion of foreign bodies or as a result of diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures [2]. The bowel perforation
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