46 results for “bowel resection”
57y · Male·Small bowel ischaemia (operated) with incarcerated umbilical hernia
…ented to hospital with acute abdominal pain and was found to have incarcerated umbilical hernia with small bowel ischaemia requiring emergency surgery. He died from multiple organ failure despite resection of four metre…
68y · Male·Pneumonia due to bowel obstruction due to follicular lymphoma
… lymphoma (treated with chemotherapy), was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital on 7 December 2007 with small bowel obstruction. He underwent laparotomy and ileocaecal resection on 27 December 2007. Postoperatively he refu…
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…
43y · Male·Metastatic colo-rectal carcinoma
…and back pain in February 2016, leading to diagnosis of metastatic colorectal cancer. He underwent partial bowel resection and received fortnightly chemotherapy from April to November 2016 before ceasing active treatmen…
65y · Male·Middle cerebral artery stroke in a man with multiple medical co-morbidities
…nbach, a 65-year-old man with tuberous sclerosis, severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, and history of bowel complications, died from a middle cerebral artery stroke. He had been admitted to hospital in late October…
60y · Male·metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour
…l metastases were discovered in April 2020 whilst in prison. He received appropriate palliative surgical resection and oncological care, with frank discussions about his poor prognosis and incurable condition. Advanced …
65y · Male·peritonitis and necrosis of the bowel following a ruptured appendix
A 65-year-old prisoner with severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease died from peritonitis and bowel necrosis following an appendectomy. Initial surgery for perforated appendicitis was technically difficult …
57y · Male·Sepsis from ischemic bowel due to superior mesenteric artery thrombus
…020. Despite initial improvement on heparin, he deteriorated and required emergency surgery with extensive bowel resection. Multiple laparotomies followed with progressive ischemia. He died of sepsis from ischemic bowel…
40y · Male·large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated carcinoma of rectum
A 40-year-old male died in prison custody from large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated rectal carcinoma. He had been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in 2004,…
27y · Male·multiple organ failure due to the consequences of multiple gunshot wounds to the…
… when he presented with vomiting and abdominal pain, which led to emergency surgery revealing a rare small bowel volvulus requiring total bowel resection. Expert evidence established that this volvulus was exceptionally…
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…
51y · Female·peritoneal sepsis with multiple organ failure due to perforation of bowel by for…
…l 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 vaginal canal. She presented with abdo…
35y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of post caecal resection for col…
Kerry Anne Golley, a 35-year-old woman with intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy, presented with recurrent vomiting between December 2011 and February 2012, requiring multiple ED visits and hospital admissions. …
79y · Male·complications of peritonitis
A 79-year-old man with multiple comorbidities presented with a perforated bowel requiring emergency Hartmann's procedure. The operating surgeon, Dr L.-Ming Schmidt, made a catastrophic s…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
…3 years, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 13 June 2004 with abdominal pain and signs of acute bowel obstruction. Initial assessment identified sigmoid volvulus on imaging. He deteriorated with oxygen desatu…
46y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
A 46-year-old man with metastatic malignant melanoma died in custody at a hospice. He was extradited from New South Wales to South Australia in April 2009 while undergoing cancer treatment. There was an 8-week delay befo…
67y · Female·disseminated adenocarcinoma of the colon
A 67-year-old woman with metastatic colorectal cancer developed multiple cerebral metastases causing marked behavioural changes (irritability, disinhibition, aggression). She was appropriately placed on Mental Health Act…
77y · Male·shock due to bowel ischaemia following massive blood loss due to bleeding of the…
…se, atrial fibrillation, peripheral vascular disease, and end-stage kidney disease, died from shock due to bowel ischaemia following massive blood loss from the left internal iliac artery after elective abdominal aortic…
67y · Female·perforated sigmoid volvulus with peritonitis upon a background of spinocerebella…
…rvival. The aged care facility's protocols were inadequate; a new system now provides automatic alerts for bowel inactivity, addressing this systemic weakness.
62y · Female·Complications arising from elective laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure for recurr…
Christine Flanagan, a 62-year-old woman with severe disabilities and gastroparesis, died from complications following an elective laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure for recurrent sigmoid volvulus and ileus. Post-operative…
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