A perforated bowel is a medical emergency that requires immediate surgery. Without treatment, it can cause severe infections, including sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection.

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.

Recurrent and re-operative colon surgery is usually recommended for patients who have experienced cancer relapse or who have persistent or recurrent symptoms, such as bowel obstruction or perforation, ...

Despite having a better safety profile, cold endoscopic mucosal resection led to a higher risk for recurrent/residual ...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice found a gynecologist surgeon negligent for failing to detect and repair a bowel perforation during a 2015 laparoscopic surgery, resulting in life-threatening ...