Bowel infarction

Bowel infarction
Bowel infarction
Other names	Gangrenous bowel
	Intestinal obstruction. Note the tense wall indicative of gas under pressure and volvulus.

Bowel infarction or gangrenous bowel represents an irreversible injury to the intestine resulting from insufficient blood flow. It is considered a medical emergency because it can quickly result in life-threatening infection and death.^[1] Any cause of bowel ischemia, the earlier reversible form of injury, may ultimately lead to infarction if uncorrected. The causes of bowel ischemia or infarction include primary vascular causes (for example, mesenteric ischemia) and other causes of bowel obstruction.^[2]

^ Vallicelli C, Coccolini F, Catena F, Ansaloni L, Montori G, Di Saverio S, Pinna AD (January 2011). "Small bowel emergency surgery: literature's review". World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 6 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/1749-7922-6-1. PMC 3025845. PMID 21214933.
^ Belyaev O, Müller C, Uhl W (2009). "Chapter 57: Small Bowel Obstructions". In Bland K (ed.). General Surgery: Principles and International Practice (2nd ed.). London: Springer. pp. 597–604. ISBN 978-1-84628-832-6. OCLC 314794037.

[:0-1] Vallicelli C, Coccolini F, Catena F, Ansaloni L, Montori G, Di Saverio S, Pinna AD (January 2011). "Small bowel emergency surgery: literature's review". World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 6 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/1749-7922-6-1. PMC 3025845. PMID 21214933.

[2] Belyaev O, Müller C, Uhl W (2009). "Chapter 57: Small Bowel Obstructions". In Bland K (ed.). General Surgery: Principles and International Practice (2nd ed.). London: Springer. pp. 597–604. ISBN 978-1-84628-832-6. OCLC 314794037.

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