8 results for “anterior resection”
59y · Female·Complications of a pseudo-obstruction on a background of previous anterior resec…
Julie Anne White, 59, died from complications of pseudo-obstruction following previous sigmoid volvulus resection. She had intellectual disability, dementia, schizophrenia, depression, and chronic bowel dysmotility. Ad…
49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest
…male with chronic cannabis dependence and depression developed post-surgical delirium following emergency anterior resection for perforated diverticulum. He became acutely agitated and paranoid, was detained under mental…
75y · Female·hypovolaemic shock from excessive blood loss
Lorraine McDonald, age 75, died from hypovolaemic shock due to massive intraoperative bleeding during an anterior resection for rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma. Critical deficiencies included: no pre-admission clinic assess…
64y · Male·Postoperative intra-abdominal bleeding from pancreatic artery injury and its con…
…m postoperative intra-abdominal hemorrhage following colonic surgery. One week earlier, he underwent high anterior resection and hernia repair for a malignant polyp. Post-operatively, he developed hemorrhage from a small…
53y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the rectum (operated)
Paul Eugene Anker, a 53-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic rectal carcinoma at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He had been appropriately diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016 whilst in custody and underwent surgery, che…
65y · Male·ischaemic heart disease following complications of colorectal surgery
A 65-year-old man with significant comorbidities (cardiomyopathy, diabetes, obesity) underwent colorectal surgery for adenocarcinoma. Post-operative course was complicated by anastomotic breakdown causing sepsis on day 1…
68y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolus secondary to deep vein thrombosis
Ronald 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 b…
73y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of sepsis due to or as a conse…
73-year-old woman died 12 days after elective colorectal surgery for synchronous caecal and rectal tumours. Post-operatively, she developed persistent low urine output and intermittent hypotension managed with repeated f…
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