Coronial

4 results for sigmoid colon perforation

VIChospital2011-11-29

Finding into death of Ralph James McCracken

65y · Male·complications of end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…imb ischaemia requiring femoral embolectomy, subsequently developed compartment syndrome, pancolitis with sigmoid perforation requiring subtotal colectomy, and experienced recurrent infections including pseudomonas ches…

vascular surgerycolorectal surgeryantibiotics
VIChospital2023-05-30

Finding into death of Thelma Annie Ogilvy

90y · Female·abdominal sepsis complicating perforated diverticular abscess of the sigmoid col…

…h as she remained clinically stable throughout. The autopsy revealed peritonitis with pus from perforated sigmoid diverticular abscess. The coroner concluded her death was not preventable despite appropriate medical car…

general surgerycolorectal surgeryapixaban
NThospital2010-10-29

Inquest into the death of Carl Francis Walker

65y · Male·peritonitis and necrosis of the bowel following a ruptured appendix

…citis was technically difficult but competently performed. Post-operative complications including bowel perforation and transection developed due to intestinal ischaemia from the patient's chronic coronary disease, not …

general surgerycardiologysystem
SAhospital2010-12-30

Coroner's Finding: D'AGOSTINO Antonia

59y · Female·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to perforation of sigmoid colon complicatin…

A 59-year-old woman died from sepsis due to faecal peritonitis following a bowel perforation during laparoscopic oophorectomy for a benign ovarian cyst. The perforation was repaired during the ini…

gynaecologygeneral surgerydiagnosticdelaypethidine

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