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19 cze 2024 · About 30% of people with a ruptured colon do not survive. This figure includes people who are treated with emergency surgery, due to the risk of complications. The chances of dying rise to 70% if the colon contents leak into the abdominal cavity and develop a severe infection called peritonitis.
8 sie 2023 · Intestinal perforation, defined as a loss of continuity of the bowel wall, is a potentially devastating complication that may result from a variety of disease processes. Common causes of perforation include trauma, instrumentation, inflammation, infection, malignancy, ischemia, and obstruction.
1 sty 2010 · This review discusses the incidence, risk factors, management and outcome of colonoscopic perforation (CP). The incidence of CP ranges from 0.016% to 0.2% following diagnostic colonoscopies and could be up to 5% following some colonoscopic interventions. The perforations are frequently related to therapeutic colonoscopies and are associated ...
11 lip 2022 · Without prompt treatment, gastrointestinal or bowel perforation can cause: Internal bleeding and significant blood loss. Peritonitis, inflammation of the inner abdominal wall lining. Permanent damage to the GI tract. Sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to an infection.
24 kwi 2023 · Bowel perforation results from insult or injury to the mucosa of the bowel wall caused due to a violation of the closed system. Bowel perforation can be secondary to many factors, including inflammation, infection, obstruction, trauma, or invasive procedure.
5 lip 2023 · An overview of the clinical features, diagnosis, and management of the patient with alimentary tract perforation is reviewed here. Specific etiologies are briefly reviewed below and discussed in the linked topic reviews in more detail. (See 'Risk factors' below and 'Specific organs' below.)
Esophageal, gastric, or duodenal perforation tends to manifest suddenly and catastrophically, with abrupt onset of acute abdomen with severe generalized abdominal pain, tenderness, and peritoneal signs. Pain may radiate to the shoulder.
