World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Long-term outcomes following successful treatment of acute mesenteric ischemic event: A population-based observational study
BACKGROUND There is a lack of studies reporting long-term outcomes in patients surviving initial event of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI). AIM To identify population-based outcomes and risk factors for mortality according to AMI subtypes. METHODS We performed overall survival analysis of all enrolled AMI patients and follow-up investigation on patients who survived beyond index admission. The demographics, diagnostic and management variables, in addition to causes of death, were accrued from the Estonian National E …