Missed mesenteric ischemia is considered to have a mortality rate of 100%.2 The overall operative mortality rate is roughly 50%2 and varies depending on such factors as the extent of gangrene, length ...

HYDROGEN peroxide has come into common usage in the treatment of neonatal intestinal obstruction due to inspissated meconium since Olim and Ciuti 1 described its use in 2 cases of meconium ileus in ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — A new review based on data from four large contemporary trials of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) has shed light on the incidence, risk factors, and morbidity of extracranial ...

It was with these considerations in mind that we undertook to examine our own experience with arterial emboli to determine what place, if any, the operation of embolectomy should play in the therapy ...