BACKGROUND: Ischemic bowel disease, especially acute mesenteric ischemia, carries high morbidity and mortality rates. Any delay in diagnosis or treatment aggravates the patient's outcome.

Male patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) face a higher risk for ischemic heart diseases (IHDs), according to a ...

Intraoperative Doppler ultrasound examination of ischemic intestine was used to determine viability and to establish margins of resection, even when the findings differed from the surgeon's ...

Multiple options are available to treat mesenteric ischemia. Learn about these now. A bowel resection is a surgical procedure ...

A higher risk for ischemic heart diseases was associated with IBD only in male patients, whereas a negative association was seen among female patients. HealthDay News — Male patients with ...