11 results for “gastrectomy”
46y · Female·combined effects of aspiration pneumonia due to gastroparesis following sleeve g…
A 46-year-old woman died from aspiration pneumonia due to gastroparesis following sleeve gastrectomy, complicated by ischaemic heart disease. Post-operative recovery was beset with persistent vomiting, de…
57y · Female·small bowel ischaemia; distal gastrectomy
57-year-old woman underwent distal gastrectomy and vagotomy for gastric outlet obstruction in August 2008. Coroner found she suffered an aberrant surg…
71y · Male·acute pyelonephritis with contributing ischaemic heart disease
…ruary 2011 after presenting with chest pain, fainting, and gastrointestinal symptoms. Following partial gastrectomy in June 2011, he developed leg ischaemia requiring transfer to Flinders Medical Centre where he underwe…
40y · Male·drowning
… police questioning regarding a minor theft. He had recently undergone major abdominal surgery (partial gastrectomy, pancreatic duct stenting) for a bleeding duodenal ulcer two months prior and was discharged with activ…
61y · Female·Peritonitis due to anastomotic leak at gastrectomy site; pathological obesity as…
… pathological obesity died from peritonitis secondary to anastomotic leak following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The procedure itself was appropriate for her failed previous lap band surgeries. The peritoneal leak w…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
…s in custody, he developed multiple comorbidities including COPD, early gastric carcinoma (treated with gastrectomy), diabetes, and psychiatric illness. His complex medical and mental health needs were managed through p…
44y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism in a woman with likely myeloproliferative neoplasm
…woman with BMI 30.5 and minimal comorbidities (snoring, back pain, knee pain) underwent elective sleeve gastrectomy for weight loss. Nine days post-op she presented with splenic rupture requiring emergency surgery. She …
46y · Female·Complications following cardiorespiratory arrest in association with an air embo…
…sm during a gastroscopy to manage complications from bariatric surgery. The initial laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on 9 November 2007 had a staple misfire that was inadequately repaired. A leak developed causing sepsis…
34y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following laparoscopic bariatric surgery with i…
…a 34-year-old man with morbid obesity, sleep apnoea, and ischaemic heart disease, died following sleeve gastrectomy. He was admitted to HDU rather than ICU post-operatively. In HDU, he experienced repeated episodes of l…
57y · Male·Multiple organ failure in consequence of peritonitis resulting from complication…
Robert Douglas Dalgleish died from multiple organ failure due to peritonitis resulting from complications of gastric banding surgery. He presented to the ED on 18 July 2002 with abdominal pain and vomiting. Dr B. appropr…
79y · Female·pneumonia in the setting of acute peritonitis due to perforated stomach (operate…
Mrs Thelma Katherine Holt, a 79-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including obesity, vascular disease, hypertension, and prior Nissen fundoplication, underwent placement of a second intragastric balloon on 11 Se…
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