Background: Some people who suffer an upper gastrointestinal bleed or perforation die. The mortality rate was estimated at 12% in studies published before 1997, but a systematic survey of more recent ...

A Passaic County medical malpractice suit filed by a 54-year-old Totowa man and his wife, Dominianni v. Warta, M.D., after an elective hernia repair, resulted in a $2.25 million settlement with the ...

A woman whose bowel was perforated during spinal surgery received payment of a $1.1 million settlement in her Essex County medical malpractice suit, Franco… A woman whose bowel was perforated during ...

Man with Prader-Willi Syndrome died of multi-organ failure from a complication of undiagnosed diabetes, triggered by ...

Fulminant colitis is a rare but severe form of colitis that can be life threatening. It affects the entire lining of the colon, causing severe inflammation and potentially serious complications. In ...

Digestive discomfort is common, but some symptoms go far beyond everyday indigestion. One such condition that demands urgent ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Colorado man unintentionally swallowed a toothpick mixed into his meal at a Greeley restaurant that later perforated his bowel, he alleges in a lawsuit ...