[Role of colonoscopy in the diagnosis of ischemic colitis as a complication of surgery of aneurysms of the abdominal aorta].
Ischaemic colitis is one of the complications following aortic reconstruction for abdominal aortic aneurysm. The diagnosis and monitoring of this complication can be helped by a left colonoscopy. Through an endoscopic valuation of 18 patients, the Authors value the incidence of colonic mucosal or mucosal and muscularis ischaemia following aortic aneurysmectomy with inferior mesenteric arterial ligation.
Meroni
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II Divisione di Chirurgia, USSL n. 9 Lombardia, Ospedale di Saronno Varese.
Galli
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Sarcina
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Pagani
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Milvio
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors
Ruolo della colonscopia nella diagnosi della colite ischemica quale complicanza della chirurgia degli aneurismi dell'aorta addominale.