title: Bowel Ischemia and Portal Venous Gas: What to Do?
abstract: The etiology of pneumatosis and portal venous gas in ischemic colitis is debated, but one theorized cause is transmural ischemia and subsequent bacterial translocation. Traditionally though as a surgical emergency, today not all patients with pneumatosis and portal venous gas need an operation. We have reviewed recent published algorithms and applied them to our practice.
authors.affiliation: 1 Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston University Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.affiliation: 2 Boston VA Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: P Marco
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Fisichella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology*; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011169:Portal Vein; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed