Learn how small bowel obstruction develops, warning signs to watch for, and proven methods to prevent serious complications.

A perforated bowel, or intestinal perforation, occurs when a hole forms in the wall of the small intestine or colon (large ...

Colonic perforation occurs in about 5% of cases, with the patient demonstrating more severe abdominal symptoms and peritoneal signs; risk of colonic perforation appears related more to duration of ...

Brian Austin Green is on the road to recovery after undergoing emergency surgery for a perforated appendix: 'It’s not an easy ...

The primary end points of the study were endoscopic perforation of the colon. Risk factors for such a complication were then analyzed. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee.

A Virginia jury ruled in favor of a gastroenterologist accused of medical malpractice after a patient suffered a colon perforation during a 2019 screening colonoscopy, according to a recent blog post ...

A CT scan of Diana Carey’s abdomen showed a bowel perforation and what doctors suspected was lack of blood flow to the intestines, the lawsuit said. Physicians determined on March 22 ...

Other common symptoms of diverticulitis can include: Complications from diverticulitis, such as a fistula, abscess, or bowel ...

Bowel perforation could occur if an obstruction is left untreated. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary resource for the ...

The overall rate is approximately 0.5%. The most serious complication risk, a perforation or tear in the colon, is about 1 in ...