8 results for “colonic 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…
64y · Male·Colonic adenocarcinoma and its treatment
Jeffrey Olsen, 64, died from acute capecitabine toxicity during adjuvant chemotherapy for Stage 3b colorectal cancer. Within three days of commencing treatment in September 2020, severe side effects including diarrhea, r…
64y · Male·Postoperative intra-abdominal bleeding from pancreatic artery injury and its con…
…ied at Sydney Adventist Hospital on 24 April 2007 from postoperative intra-abdominal hemorrhage following colonic surgery. One week earlier, he underwent high anterior resection and hernia repair for a malignant polyp. …
75y · Female·large volume aspiration following right hemicolectomy for adenocarcinoma of the …
… coroner found this fell 'grossly short' of the standard of care expected. When eventually diagnosed with colonic cancer at the hepatic flexure, she underwent right hemicolectomy but died from aspiration two days post-o…
82y · Male·Cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosis and ischaemic coronary artery disease in the c…
…longed activation intervals during the final third of the procedure caused full-thickness bowel burns and colonic perforation, necessitating emergency surgery. He subsequently died from multi-organ failure in the contex…
80y · Female·peritonitis due to sigmoid resection margin leak following extended right hemico…
…e Olive Pegg, 80, died from peritonitis following anastomotic leak after extended right hemicolectomy for colonic cancer. Critical delays in diagnosis occurred: a PET scan in May 2010 showed a colonic mass, but respirat…
74y · Female·empyema/sepsis complicating oesophageal perforation following a complicated elec…
Mrs Russell, a 74-year-old woman with diabetes, obesity, COPD and coronary disease, underwent elective hernia repair in November 2016 at a regional hospital. An unexpected colon tumour was removed during surgery. She sub…
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving terminal palliative care for metastatic carc…
Robin David Macartney, a 62-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence for murder, died from bronchopneumonia secondary to metastatic colon cancer. He was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer in December 2006 but refused s…
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