title: [Intestinal infarction in the elderly].
abstract: The bowel infarction is till affected by high mortality in spite of new diagnostic methods and therapy. In our experience was observed about 45 patients with bowel infarction by different etiology; fast diagnosis and therapy are necessary for a good prognosis. The arteriography, at the light of this experience, is the gold standard but it is still performed in a low number of patients. The laparoscopy, in the advanced pathologies, is able to avoid an ineffectual laparotomy and permits a better diagnosis in borderline cases.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche, Sezione di Clinica Chirurgica Geriatrica, Azienda Ospedaliera, Università di Padova.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Santis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruttocao
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ciardo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Militello
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Terranova
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery