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Acute mesenteric ischaemia and ischaemic colitis are caused by severe disruption to the blood supply of the intestine. Management is both non-operative and operative with poor overall results. Mortality is high and in severe cases an early change to palliation is indicated.
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Piscioneri, F. (2021). Mesenteric Ischaemia and Ischaemic Colitis. In: Piscioneri, F., Kluger, Y., Ansaloni, L. (eds) Emergency Surgery for Low Resource Regions. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68099-2_16
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