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Bowel infarction results from restricted blood supply to the bowel most often due to bowel obstruction or occlusion of one of the mesenteric arteries.Bowel obstruction is most often caused by intestinal adhesions which frequently form after abdominal surgeries or by chronic infections such as diverticulitis hepatitis and inflammatory bowel disease.

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