Bowel ischemia is a potentially fatal medical condition caused by a decrease or obstruction of blood flow to the intestine. It is linked to many serious gastrointestinal disorders that can have ...

In a recent article published in the journal Biomedicines, a team of Italian scientists has presented case reports of five coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients undergoing emergency surgery for ...

Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a potentially serious consequence of acute mesenteric ischemia, hemorrhagic, traumatic or septic shock, severe burns or some surgical procedures, ...

Reza Khoshini, MD, Fellow in Perioperative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California Ben Garrett, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal ...

Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) can be successfully treated with endovascular therapy such as balloon angioplasty, according to new research. The study also found that AMI is a more common cause of ...

Mesenteric ischemia results from insufficient blood flow to the intestines and has a high mortality rate, primarily due to delayed diagnosis. It is classified into acute (AMI) and chronic (CMI) forms, ...

Scans of the bodies of COVID-19 patients have revealed what the coronavirus can do to the bowel. For the study, which is thought to mark the first time abdominal images of COVID-19 patients have been ...

Patients with COVID-19 can have bowel abnormalities, including ischemia, according to a new study. Patients with COVID-19 can have bowel abnormalities, including ischemia, according to a new study ...

A small bowel transplant using a deceased-donor organ, airlifted from Bengaluru, was performed on a 46-year-old woman at MGM Healthcare in the city. The patient from Kerala was diagnosed with ...

Ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia are both types of bowel ischemia. Ischemic colitis refers to reduced blood flow to the large intestine, while mesenteric ischemia happens due to reduced blood ...

Adhesions from prior abdominal surgeries are the most common cause of SBO. Untreated SBO can lead to serious complications like bowel perforation or tissue death (strangulation). Symptoms of SBO ...