7 results for “extensive bowel adhesions”
74y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to extensive intra-abdominal adhesions
…hy Funder, a 74-year-old man with schizophrenia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and previous small bowel obstruction, died from small bowel obstruction due to extensive intra-abdominal adhesions. He presented wi…
43y · Female·sepsis secondary to extensive acute peritonitis following perforation of small b…
43-year-old woman died from sepsis and necrotising fasciitis following small bowel perforation during laparoscopic tubal ligation. She was at high risk due to previous abdominal surgeries a…
Female·Emily Ruth Leonard: multi-organ failure due to overwhelming sepsis from a perfor…
…men died following vaginal prolapse surgery performed by the same surgeon, Dr O., with similar mechanisms: bowel perforation leading to peritonitis and sepsis. Mrs Leonard (77) underwent laparoscopic surgery on 30 Octob…
80y · Female·sudden cardiac arrest due to multiple post-operative complications including myo…
… of a Hartmann's procedure for diverticulitis. She had undergone a complex 8-hour surgery complicated by extensive adhesions (frozen pelvis). Post-operatively, she developed ileus and was transferred to a tertiary hospi…
68y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of recent surgery
…loped multiple post-operative complications including fever, elevated inflammatory markers, and a possible bowel perforation requiring re-operation. A MET call at 5:30am revealed non-specific symptoms consistent with se…
48y · Female·Ischaemic bowel, with contributing conditions of coronary artery disease, diabet…
…man with diabetes, Crohn's disease (requiring ileostomy), and coronary artery disease, died from ischaemic bowel while in custody at Junee Correctional Centre on 29 January 2022, only 17 days after admission. She was ne…
62y · Female·Haemorrhage caused by abdominoperineal excision of the rectum
…r found the operation itself was inappropriate: performed for undiagnosed chronic pain in a patient with extensive surgical history, rather than for malignancy. The surgery should not have been attempted at Mt Isa Hospi…
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