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 ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Disimpaction is a procedure to treat fecal impaction caused by a large, hardened lump ...

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 ...

There were 15 colonic perforations (0.15%). Colonoscopy had a slightly higher risk of CP than flexible sigmoidoscopy (OR 1.77, 95%CI 0.23–13.51; p = 1.0). Patient gender, emergency endoscopy ...

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 ...

Diverticulitis is what we call it when these pouches become inflamed, which can lead to infection or bowel perforation. There are two different kinds of diverticulitis, complicated and uncomplicated.