perforation

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Both conditions disrupt lives and can lead to serious complications like colon perforation, cancer, and even early mortality.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

The F.D.A. said the manufacturer of the device, Abiomed, should have notified the agency more than two years ago, when the company first posted an update on its website about the perforation risk.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Perry had publicly revealed in his autobiography “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing” that he had a gastrointestinal perforation, and that could have led to long-term complications, Baden said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Cardiff and Vale health board said the perforation and events that followed would not have happened if further imaging was done and surgical opinion was arranged.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2023

Tympanites also occasionally requires treatment, for in addition to interference with the descent of the diaphragm and other discomfort it produces, the distended condition of the bowels directly increases the risk of perforation.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various