Acute intestinal ischemia in material of the III Clinic of General Surgery, Collegium Medicum at the Jagellonian University
Konturek, A.; Cichoń, S.; Gucwa, J.; Rogula, T.
Przeglad Lekarski 53(10): 719-721
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2240 PMID: 9091949 Document Number: 458903
The research work below focuses on a retrospective analysis of a group of 28 patients who suffered from acute intestinal ischaemia caused by upper mesenteric artery embolism of thrombus. The analysis is based on Clinic's own data in the years 1991-1995. The above mentioned patients constituted 3.4% of the 828 patients suffering from acute diseases of the abdominal cavity, accepted and treated in our Clinic. Their age ranged from 38 to 89 and average age was 72.4 y. There were 18 women (64.3%). Mesenteric embolism was the cause of intestinal ischaemia with 21 patients, whereas mesenteric thrombus with 7. Twenty four patients were operated on, the remaining 4 patients were disqualified from the operative procedure, 27 patients died. A considerable progression of the necrotic lesions of the intestines was found in all the patients operated on.