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, ...

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 ...