Insufficient supply of oxygen causes cell death and permanent damage to intestinal tissues. Mesenteric ischemia can be caused ...

Intraoperative Doppler ultrasound examination of ischemic intestine was used to determine viability and to establish margins of resection, even when the findings differed from the surgeon's ...

Since the intestine is very sensitive to ischemia, hemodynamically stable donors are preferred. Consequently, potential donors who are managed on high doses of vasopressors, those with extended ...