ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2024
The Challenge of Pneumatosis Intestinalis: A Contemporary Systematic Review.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Not all small bowel pneumatosis is ischaemia: a case-based systematic review of non-ischaemic causes.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical and CT features of patients with pneumatosis intestinalis: A retrospective single-center study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Pneumatosis intestinalis revisited: associated imaging findings, clinical correlation, management, risk stratification and future perspectives.Emergency radiology · 2026Review
- Bronchoperitoneal fistula in a patient with pneumatosis Cystoides intestinalis: a diagnostic challenge.Oxford medical case reports · 2026Article
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis mimicking colonic subepithelial tumors with spontaneous resolution after relocation from a high-altitude region: a case report.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- The Clinical Effect of Endoscopic Mucosal Needle Aspiration Combined with Anhydrous Alcohol in the Treatment of Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis: A spotlight on small bowel involvement, complications and management.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2026Review
- Two patients with pneumatosis intestinalis with distinct risk profiles managed conservatively.World journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Catastrophic STS/SVS type B3 aortic dissection complicated by hepatic portal venous gas and multi-organ malperfusion: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Multi-slice computed tomography diagnosis of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum in high-altitude regions: preventing unnecessary laparotomies.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- A Rare Case of Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in a Patient with Chronic Appendicitis.International medical case reports journal · 2026Article
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with colonic perforation: A case report and literature review.Medicine · 2025Review
- Different Aspects of Pneumatosis Intestinalis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Pneumoperitoneum Associated with Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in Children: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Intestinal Emphysema and Gut Bacterial Microbiota Composition.Microorganisms · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposePneumatosis intestinalis is a radiological finding with incompletely understood pathogenesis. To date, there are no protocols to guide surgical intervention.
methodsA systematic review of literature, according to PRISMA criteria, was performed. Medline and PubMed were consulted to identify articles reporting on the items "emergency surgery, pneumatosis coli, and pneumatosis intestinalis" from January 2010 up to March 2022. This study has not been registered in relevant databases.
resultsA total of 1673 patients were included. The average age was 67.1 ± 17.6 years. The etiology was unknown in 802 (47.9%) patients. Hemodynamic instability (246/1673-14.7% of the patients) was associated with bowel ischemia, necrosis, or perforation (
conclusionsMany variables should be considered in the approach to patients with pneumatosis intestinalis. The challenge facing the surgeons is in truly identifying those who really would benefit and need surgical intervention. The watch and wait policy as a first step seems reasonable, reserving surgery only for patients who are unstable or with high suspicion of bowel ischemia, necrosis, or perforation.
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