Clinical Characteristics of Ischemic Colitis According to the Localization

thyroidism were shown to be the only three statistically significant independent predictors of mortality. Finally, with right colon involvement, surgery was more commonly required, and death was more frequently observed compared with the aggregate of all other patterns of IC. Carlson and Madoff [2] also suggested that the watershed zone was not especially vulnerable. Glauser et al. [3] also suggested that every segment of the colon could be affected by IC. The region of Griffith’ point did not show a significant higher incidence of IC than the right colon. The right colon was significantly more often affected than the left colon in patients with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) intake. In this study, the author suggests that IC of the right colon is significantly associated with renal failure, requires more surgical treatment and shows higher mortality than IC of the left colon.