Gastrointestinal perforation

Subclass of	organ perforation, intestinal disease
Health specialty	gastroenterology, emergency medicine

Gastrointestinal perforation, dem sanso know as gastrointestinal rupture,^[1] be a hole insyd de wall of de gastrointestinal tract. De gastrointestinal tract be composed of hollow digestive organs wey dey lead from de mouth to de anus.^[2] Symptoms of gastrointestinal perforation commonly dey include severe abdominal pain, nausea, den vomiting.^[3] Complications dey include a painful inflammation of de inner lining of de abdominal wall den sepsis.

Perforation fi be caused by trauma, bowel obstruction, diverticulitis, stomach ulcers, cancer, anaa infection.^[3] A CT scan be de preferred method of diagnosis; however, free air from a perforation often fi be seen on plain X-ray.^[3]

Perforation anywhere along de gastrointestinal tract typically dey require emergency surgery insyd de form of an exploratory laparotomy.^[4] Dis usually be carried out along plus intravenous fluids den antibiotics.^[4] Occasionally de hole fi be sewn closed while oda times a bowel resection be required.^[4] Even plus maximum treatment de risk of death fi be as high as 50%.^[4] A hole from a stomach ulcer dey occur insyd about 1 per 10,000 people per year, while one from diverticulitis dey occur insyd about 0.4 per 10,000 people per year.^[1]^[5]

References

1 2 Domino, Frank J.; Baldor, Robert A. (2013). The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2014 (in English). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 1086. ISBN 978-1-4511-8850-9. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ Langell, JT; Mulvihill, SJ (May 2008). "Gastrointestinal perforation and the acute abdomen". The Medical Clinics of North America. 92 (3): 599–625, viii–ix. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2007.12.004. PMID 18387378.
1 2 3 Langell, JT; Mulvihill, SJ (May 2008). "Gastrointestinal perforation and the acute abdomen". The Medical Clinics of North America. 92 (3): 599–625, viii–ix. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2007.12.004. PMID 18387378.
1 2 3 4 Langell, JT; Mulvihill, SJ (May 2008). "Gastrointestinal perforation and the acute abdomen". The Medical Clinics of North America. 92 (3): 599–625, viii–ix. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2007.12.004. PMID 18387378.
↑ Yeo, Charles J.; McFadden, David W.; Pemberton, John H.; Peters, Jeffrey H.; Matthews, Jeffrey B. (2012). Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (in English) (7 ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 701. ISBN 978-1-4557-3807-6. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17.

External links

Gastrointestinal perforation—MedlinePlus

[Dom2013-1] 1 2 Domino, Frank J.; Baldor, Robert A. (2013). The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2014 (in English). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 1086. ISBN 978-1-4511-8850-9. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

[Lang20082-2] Langell, JT; Mulvihill, SJ (May 2008). "Gastrointestinal perforation and the acute abdomen". The Medical Clinics of North America. 92 (3): 599–625, viii–ix. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2007.12.004. PMID 18387378.

[Lang20083-3] 1 2 3 Langell, JT; Mulvihill, SJ (May 2008). "Gastrointestinal perforation and the acute abdomen". The Medical Clinics of North America. 92 (3): 599–625, viii–ix. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2007.12.004. PMID 18387378.

[Lang2008-4] 1 2 3 4 Langell, JT; Mulvihill, SJ (May 2008). "Gastrointestinal perforation and the acute abdomen". The Medical Clinics of North America. 92 (3): 599–625, viii–ix. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2007.12.004. PMID 18387378.

[5] Yeo, Charles J.; McFadden, David W.; Pemberton, John H.; Peters, Jeffrey H.; Matthews, Jeffrey B. (2012). Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (in English) (7 ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 701. ISBN 978-1-4557-3807-6. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17.

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