17 results for “anastomotic leak”
82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
An 82-year-old man died from sepsis due to faecal peritonitis following anastomotic breakdown after right hemi-colectomy for colon cancer. Surgery was appropriate and proceeded without in…
67y · Male·acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage complicating peptic ulcer of the duodenum wit…
… (1) Early persistent elevation of C-reactive protein post-colorectal surgery is a recognized marker of anastomotic leak—a 5-day diagnostic delay occurred despite these indicators; (2) Proton pump inhibitor (Esomeprazol…
61y · Female·Peritonitis due to anastomotic leak at gastrectomy site; pathological obesity as…
A 61-year-old woman with pathological obesity died from peritonitis secondary to anastomotic leak following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The procedure itself was appropriate for her failed pre…
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. The initial surgery on 1 Novemb…
75y · Male·Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome complicating anastomotic leak following hemicole…
A 75-year-old man died from multiorgan dysfunction following an anastomotic leak after hemicolectomy for caecal adenocarcinoma. Initial post-operative recovery appeared normal, bu…
70y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septic shock consequent on faecal peritonitis due to …
…rvative surveillance was appropriate); and catastrophic discharge communication (family not informed of anastomotic leak risk, complications, warning signs, or urgency of return). Post-operative recovery proceeded well …
60y · Female·Peritonitis due to anastomotic leak following subtotal colectomy for treatment o…
60-year-old woman died from septic shock due to anastomotic leak following subtotal colectomy for synchronous bowel cancers. Early postoperative bronchospasm compl…
35y · Male·intraperitoneal haemorrhage from an anastomotic leak from a transplanted renal a…
…r-old kidney transplant recipient, died 11 days post-transplant from intraperitoneal haemorrhage due to anastomotic leak from the transplanted renal artery. While post-operative inpatient care and initial post-discharge…
80y · Female·peritonitis due to sigmoid resection margin leak following extended right hemico…
June Olive Pegg, 80, died from peritonitis following anastomotic leak after extended right hemicolectomy for colonic cancer. Critical delays in diagnosis occurred: a PE…
45y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to septicaemia and peritonitis due to faecal leakage fro…
… 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 reasonably man…
82y · Female·Peritonitis due to leakage of bowel contents from bowel anastomosis following el…
…nifred 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): clinicians did not recognize her det…
61y · Female·multi organ failure due to abdominal sepsis
…implemented by ward staff and responded to promptly by medical officers. The death likely resulted from anastomotic leak causing peritonitis, compounded by inadequate nutritional optimization and delayed recognition of …
68y · Male·Complications following colon surgery on a background of cirrhosis of the liver;…
…ly; and transfer to specialist care should have occurred earlier when complications became apparent. An anastomotic leak required emergency surgery on 9 June, but by then multi-organ failure had developed. The coroner r…
72y · Male·Complications of subtotal colectomy for diffuse polyposis and invasive adenocarc…
Melvin Lynch, aged 72, died in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital on 9 December 2019, nine days after elective subtotal colectomy for bowel cancer. Post-operatively, he developed complications including pleural effusion…
74y · Female·empyema/sepsis complicating oesophageal perforation following a complicated elec…
…gional hospital. An unexpected colon tumour was removed during surgery. She subsequently developed a faecal leak from the colon anastomosis requiring surgical repair. Critically, she also suffered a spontaneous oesophage…
65y · Male·ischaemic heart disease following complications of colorectal surgery
…tes, obesity) underwent colorectal surgery for adenocarcinoma. Post-operative course was complicated by anastomotic breakdown causing sepsis on day 12 post-discharge, requiring readmission. A retained surgical sponge wa…
59y · Female·complications of intra-abdominal sepsis, including multi-organ failure and bowel…
…mmation and infection risk); post-operative complications of arterial bleeding requiring re-operation; bile leak from anastomoses; conservative management of intra-abdominal collections with delayed intervention; lack of…
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