Complications
Patients who develop intestinal necrosis are at risk of developing intestinal perforation with sepsis and multi-organ failure. This leads to death in many patients.
Patients who develop intestinal necrosis are at risk of developing intestinal perforation with sepsis and multi-organ failure. This leads to death in many patients.
In cases of intestinal obstruction with perforation, patients may develop intra-abdominal infection with abscess formation. This requires treatment by either open surgery or image-guided drainage.
If correction of the SBO requires resection of a large amount of small intestine, patients may develop short bowel syndrome. This condition is characterized by the functional or anatomic loss of extensive segments of the small intestine resulting in inadequate absorption of enteral nutrition.
These patients require supplemental nutrition, either via the enteral or the parenteral route. Definitive treatment involves intestinal transplantation in severe cases.
Patients who develop intestinal necrosis are at risk of developing intestinal perforation with sepsis and multi-organ failure. This leads to death in many patients.
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