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Segmental Intestinal Necrosis: a Typical Presentation of Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Enteritis

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Acute hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis is an intestinal inflammatory disease. Between the normal intestines, segmental intestinal lesions including edema, bleeding, ulceration, necrosis, and perforation are the typical presentation of acute hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis. Non-surgical treatment is the main treatment. However, when intestinal necrosis or perforation occurs, operative treatment should be performed immediately.

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This work was supported by the (1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (30672058) and (2) Scientific Research Project of Southwest Medical University (2020ZRQNB026).

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  1. Zonglin Li and Yifan Jiang contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China

    Zonglin Li, Yifan Jiang, Yi Liu & Yejiang Zhou

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ZL and YZ did the operation. ZL and YJ acquired the figures. ZL and YL drafted the original manuscript. All authors cared for the patient and critically reviewed the article.

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Li, Z., Jiang, Y., Liu, Y. et al. Segmental Intestinal Necrosis: a Typical Presentation of Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Enteritis. Indian J Surg 83 (Suppl 4), 955–956 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-021-02938-4

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