53 results for “colorectal cancer”
75y · Female·large volume aspiration following right hemicolectomy for adenocarcinoma of the …
…r found this fell 'grossly short' of the standard of care expected. When eventually diagnosed with colonic cancer at the hepatic flexure, she underwent right hemicolectomy but died from aspiration two days post-operative…
70y · Female·Hypoxic/Ischaemic Encephalopathy consequent upon Cardiorespiratory Arrest and Co…
Beverly Ann Murphy, 70, underwent hysterectomy for endometrial carcinoma on 2 April 2008 at Royal Hospital for Women. The complex surgery was complicated by iatrogenic small bowel perforations. Post-operatively, wound de…
82y · Female·Peritonitis due to leakage of bowel contents from bowel anastomosis following el…
Winifred Carpenter, 82, died 11 days after a right hemicolectomy for colon cancer from peritonitis due to anastomotic leak. Critical failures occurred on discharge day (10 March 2023): cli…
82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
…from sepsis due to faecal peritonitis following anastomotic breakdown after right hemi-colectomy for colon cancer. Surgery was appropriate and proceeded without incident. Five days post-operatively, he developed symptoms…
34y · Female·complications of metastatic rectal cancer
Penelope Dingle died of metastatic rectal cancer on 25 August 2005. She was diagnosed with localised rectal cancer in February 2003 when a potential surgic…
68y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolus secondary to deep vein thrombosis
… Wood, a 68-year-old with complex medical history including prior pulmonary emboli, was treated for rectal cancer requiring chemotherapy and major surgery. Warfarin anticoagulation was appropriately ceased due to bleedin…
52y · Female·Neutropenic sepsis leading to multi-organ failure due to capecitabine toxicity
Mrs L, a 52-year-old woman with T2N0M0 rectal cancer, died from neutropenic sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to severe capecitabine toxicity on 31 Octo…
65y · Male·Severe neutropenic sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to severe mucositis …
A 65-year-old man with stage 3 rectal cancer died from severe neutropenic sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to probable dihydropyrimidine dehydr…
51y · Female·peritoneal sepsis with multiple organ failure due to perforation of bowel by for…
A 51-year-old woman with intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder died from peritoneal sepsis and multiple organ failure caused by bowel perforation from a wooden stick. The stick entered her body via her vag…
86y · Male·Aspiration Pneumonia secondary to Recurrent Colorectal Carcinoma
An 86-year-old man died from aspiration pneumonia following bowel preparation for elective colonoscopy. He was admitted to an outlying ward rather than the gastroenterology unit, where nursing staff documented multiple e…
63y · Male·metastatic rectal carcinoma
Jeremy Scott, a 63-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic rectal carcinoma on 3 July 2017. From 2015 onwards, he reported rectal and anal symptoms including pain, bleeding, and palpable masses, which were repeatedly att…
52y · Male·Intestinal failure/sepsis arising from venous ischemia as a result of superior m…
…llowing an accidental division of the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) during laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer at Kareena Private Hospital on 9 October 2013. Despite emergency repair with an inferior mesenteric vein g…
45y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to septicaemia and peritonitis due to faecal leakage fro…
…an failure following failure of a loop colostomy created for management of an anastomotic leak after bowel cancer surgery. The initial anastomotic leak (1.5 cm) was contained and reasonably managed conservatively. Howeve…
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