restoration of circulation to the affected bowel; prevention of subsequent perforation of ischemic or gangrenous areas of intestine; and decompression of the duodenum and cecum. It was hoped that ...

Gangrene with incipient or actual perforation may exist with minimal ... Repeated questioning failed to elicit a history of change in bowel habits or abnormal stools. Three months before admission ...

Background and Aim: Various factors have been closely linked to the cecal insertion time. These factors include age, sex, body mass index, quality of bowel preparation, doctor's technique ...

Among the significant patient-related predictors influencing the cecal intubation, the quality of the bowel preparation was the only modifiable factor. When performed by experienced hands ...

Subsequent colonoscopy showed a large convolute of varicose veins (Figure) with a fibrin-covered hemocystic spot (arrow) at the cecal pole ... end to the hemorrhages. Gastrointestinal bleeding ...