gastrointestinal perforation

Gastrointestinal perforation is a rare complication of ileal infection.

Gastrointestinal perforation results in severe abdominal pain intensified by movement, nausea and vomiting.

The most serious complication generally is the gastrointestinal perforation, which is life-threatening and requires immediate major surgery for repair.

About 2/3 of cases involved patients with colorectal cancer, or patients with gastrointestinal perforations or fistulas.

Hole that develops through the entire wall of the stomach, small intestine, large bowel, or gallbladder (gastrointestinal perforation)

Types include Gastrointestinal perforation and Uterine perforation.

Other rare but serious complications include gastrointestinal perforation from improper insertion, and amoebic infection from poorly sterilised equipment.

Gastrointestinal perforation is a complete penetration of the wall of the stomach, small intestine or large bowel, resulting in intestinal contents flowing into the abdominal cavity.

Last week, Genentech stopped recruiting patients for a clinical trial of Avastin as a treatment for ovarian cancer after finding a higher-than-expected rate of gastrointestinal perforations.

The abdomen may be tender to the point that an acute abdomen may be suspected, such as acute pancreatitis, appendicitis or gastrointestinal perforation.

Abdominal X-rays may reveal dilated, edematous intestines, although such X-rays are mainly useful to look for pneumoperitoneum, an indicator of gastrointestinal perforation.

This medication can rarely cause a tear in the stomach/intestines (gastrointestinal perforation and wound dehiscence), bloody vomit, or bleeding in the lungs, which sometimes can be fatal.

In addition, clips can be used to close gastrointestinal perforations that may have been caused by complicated therapeutic endoscopy procedures, such as polypectomy, or by the endoscopic procedure itself.

Organ perforation is a complete penetration of the wall of a hollow organ in the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract in the case of gastrointestinal perforation.

Endoclips have found use in treating gastrointestinal bleeding (both in the upper and lower GI tract), in preventing bleeding after therapeutic procedures such as polypectomy, and in closing gastrointestinal perforations.

His diet at the time went against medical guidelines for people with malnutrition, and was the most likely cause of his death by gastrointestinal perforation - two prison staff members later attested that this was done on purpose, as a method of assassination.