Mesenteric venous thrombosis: Asir experience

ABSTRACT

Twenty-one patients with mesenteric venous thrombosis who were operated upon in two district general hospitals in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia, during 1985-1989 were studied. Seventeen patients [81%] were female. The disease was found to be commonest in the fifth and sixth decades. The overall mortality was 33.3%. The majority of the patients in this series had no associated illness. The survival rate was better if an early diagnosis was made with timely surgical intervention and administration of anticoagulants