Detection of Ischemic Colitis on Routine Lower Endoscopy and Its Implications After Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

DISCUSSION: We found increased incidence of IC and reliable diagnostic characteristics of routine lower endoscopy in predicting the presence of transmural colonic ischemia. There was decreased mortality with use of routine lower endoscopy but this was not statistically significant.PMID:35574985 | DOI:10.1177/00031348221101520

Source: The American Surgeon - May 16, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Woihwan Kim Sasha H Slipak Alexis Webber Ashar Ata Jonathan J Canete A David Chismark Brian T Valerian Ralph C Darling Edward C Lee Source Type: research