265 results for “brain surgery”
50y · Female·Irreversible hypoxic brain injury sustained during surgery for meningioma resect…
Hellen Marsh, a 50-year-old woman with Fragile X Syndrome and a brain meningioma, died from irreversible hypoxic brain injury sustained during tumour resection surgery. Signifi…
3y · Male·cerebral oedema which caused coning at the base of the brain, caused by post-ope…
…r-old boy died from cerebral oedema caused by post-operative hyponatraemia following scoliosis correction surgery. The operation was successful, but severe hyponatraemia developed in the early hours of 24 April 1988, ca…
77y · Female·Intracranial haemorrhage suffered during the course of neurosurgery
Oi Fong Chan, a 77-year-old woman, underwent endoscopic trans-nasal pituitary surgery at Concord Hospital on 8 December 2006 to remove a benign pituitary adenoma. During the operation, the su…
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving terminal palliative care for metastatic carc…
…ndary to metastatic colon cancer. He was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer in December 2006 but refused surgery initially on religious grounds, believing God would cure him. He was assessed as psychiatrically competen…
28y · Male·Brain death resulting from exsanguination and hypovolaemic arrest due to severed…
Joshua David Smart, a 28-year-old scaffolder, died from brain death resulting from catastrophic exsanguination and hypovolaemic arrest. At approximately 4:45 am on 20 M…
29y · Male·Head injury following an assault; subdural haemorrhage, cerebral contusions and …
…ontusions and cerebral oedema, losing consciousness before arriving at hospital. He died during emergency surgery. The assailant was convicted of murder. This case, while primarily a criminal matter, highlights the seri…
64y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with dysphagia and acquired brain injury
John Gale, a 64-year-old man with acquired brain injury and severe intellectual disability living in state care, died from aspiration pneumonia following a…
54y · Female·malignant melanoma with brain metastases
A 54-year-old woman with metastatic melanoma died from brain metastases while detained under a Mental Health Act order at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She had undergon…
68y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury and ischaemic heart disease
…rke, a 68-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, and recent abdominal surgery, suffered a cardiac arrest at home on 6 January 2011. He had undergone cholecystectomy in December 2010, …
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
…. Emergency laparotomy revealed ischaemic sigmoid colon which was surgically resected. Despite successful surgery, the prolonged hypoxia from cardiac arrest resulted in severe hypoxic brain injury. He remained in ICU wi…
17y · Female·fungal brain infection and infarction complicating fungal infection of a scalp l…
A 17-year-old Aboriginal girl in state care died on 22 May 2012 from fungal brain infection and stroke. On 19 April 2012, she caused a motor vehicle crash by driving unlicensed while intox…
50y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to aspiration of PEG feeds
Joanne Margaret Burgess, a 50-year-old woman with acquired brain injury, epilepsy, and inability to swallow, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to PEG feed aspiratio…
58y · Male·pneumonia on a background of adenocarcinoma of the lung stage 4, ischaemic heart…
…er initial treatment and discharge to prison infirmary, he was readmitted with seizures (likely metastatic brain involvement), wound infection, and pneumonia. The coroner found his medical treatment was satisfactory thr…
41y · Male·Multiple injuries to head, trunk and limb sustained in motorised bicycle collisi…
…the rear of a parked Freightliner trailer, sustaining severe head, trunk and limb injuries requiring neurosurgery, laparotomy and orthopaedic surgery. The coroner found the death was entirely attributable to Mr Hardie's…
57y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to a duodenal ulcer in the setting of recent ne…
Colin Rafferty, a 57-year-old man with acquired brain injury living in supported accommodation, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to a duodenal ulcer e…
59y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma with su…
…iration pneumonia secondary to recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma following total pelvic exenteration surgery in December 2021. He was admitted to Dandenong Hospital with vomiting, lethargy and suspected urinary tra…
81y · Male·traumatic brain injury
Brian Thomas Carroll, aged 81, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash. He was travelling at approximately 125 km/h in a…
12y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure due to acute-on-chronic hydrocephalus in the contex…
Samantha Rose Spence, 12 years old, died two days after spinal fusion surgery for severe scoliosis. She had a pre-existing, asymptomatic Chiari type 1 malformation detected on pre-ope…
21y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury arising from severe anaphylactic shock due to administratio…
…story, presented to hospital with acute appendicitis and underwent emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy. Surgery was routine and uneventful. Upon emergence from anaesthesia, after administration of Sugammadex (neuromus…
40y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
…September 2015. He had atypical nevi removed in 2009 and melanoma diagnosed in 2013, initially undergoing surgery with curative intent. However, he had poor follow-up compliance with melanoma clinic appointments. In Jun…
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