Shakya, VCAgrawal, CSKoirala, RKhaniya, SShrestha, ABAdhikary, S2025-08-072025-08-072009https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/1359Shakya VC 1, Agrawal CS 2, Koirala R3, Khaniya S 1, Shrestha AB 4, Adhikary S 2 1 Assistant Professor, 2Professor, 3Associate Professor, 4Senior Resident, Department of Surgery, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, NepalAbstract Postoperative idiopathic intussusception is considered to be a distinct entity, and has been reported following different operations. We present a 45-year-old female with postoperative ileoileal intussusception following a transverse loop colostomy for sigmoid volvulus, in which there was a kinked loop of bowel forming the lead point. The pathogenesis and literature review of this disorder is discussed. Key words: postoperative intussusception, lead point, kink, motility disorderen-USArticle