Abstract:
Although incidence of gastrointestinal complications following cardiac surgery is low, concomitant mortality is
high. Intestinal ischemia is the most life-threatining one among these complications. In this paper, two cases of colon
perforation, one of which with a mortal course, following coronary artery bypass grafting are presented. Delay
with a concern of a negative laparotomy increases high mortality rate of ischemic intestinal complications rather
than an early and curative procedure in a patient with a recent cardiac surgical procedure.
