Indeed, only sporadic cases of carcinoma of the large bowel with perforation have been reported as clinical entities, and few of these have been amenable to curative treatment. This paper is a ...

A perforated bowel, or intestinal perforation, occurs when a hole forms in the wall of the small intestine or colon (large intestine). This allows the bowel's contents to leak into the abdominal ...

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 ...

Over a 3.5-year period, 10,124 endoscopic procedures of the colon (8,987 colonoscopies and 1,137 flexible sigmoidoscopies) were performed. Patients had an average age of 59 years (SD = 14.5, range ...

Colonic perforations, which can occur during medical procedures such as colonoscopy, are serious complications that require prompt management to prevent severe outcomes. Traditionally, surgical ...

Speaking to The Post, Dr. David Rivadeneira, a colon and rectal surgeon at Huntington ... and that’s when you get a perforation sometimes.” Rivadeneira also stressed the importance of only ...

A woman in her 80s has received an apology in the High Court for the perforation of her throat during a gastroscopic procedure. Sligo University Hospital apologised and acknowledged the ...