4 results for “abdominal lavage”
45y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to septicaemia and peritonitis due to faecal leakage fro…
A 45-year-old woman died from multi-organ 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 re…
67y · Female·Intra-abdominal sepsis complicating an anastomotic leak following elective surge…
A 67-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis following an anastomotic leak from elective colorectal surgery to repair a vesico-colic fistula. …
82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
…roceeded without incident. Five days post-operatively, he developed symptoms of bowel leak (hiccoughing, abdominal distension, vomiting, confusion) but diagnosis was delayed because he lacked typical sepsis markers (nor…
43y · Female·sepsis secondary to extensive acute peritonitis following perforation of small b…
…llowing small bowel perforation during laparoscopic tubal ligation. She was at high risk due to previous abdominal surgeries and adhesions. A 4-5mm perforation occurred during the procedure but was not detected intraope…
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