9 results for “sigmoid colon resection”
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
…l on 13 June 2004 with abdominal pain and signs of acute bowel obstruction. Initial assessment identified sigmoid volvulus on imaging. He deteriorated with oxygen desaturation and suffered a cardiac arrest on 15 June 20…
62y · Female·Complications arising from elective laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure for recurr…
…troparesis, died from complications following an elective laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure for recurrent sigmoid volvulus and ileus. Post-operatively uncomplicated initially, she deteriorated on day 3 with signs of sep…
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving terminal palliative care for metastatic carc…
…2-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 surgery initially on relig…
47y · Male·acute renal failure caused by bilateral ureteral obstruction due to metastatic c…
Sean Waygood, an Extreme High Security prisoner, died from acute renal failure caused by metastatic colorectal cancer. He presented with abdominal pain, constipation, and blood per rectum in March 2011 but received subop…
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 but compe…
65y · Male·ischaemic heart disease following complications of colorectal surgery
A 65-year-old man with significant comorbidities (cardiomyopathy, diabetes, obesity) underwent colorectal surgery for adenocarcinoma. Post-operative course was complicated by anastomotic breakdown causing sepsis on day 1…
75y · Female·hypovolaemic shock from excessive blood loss
…McDonald, age 75, died from hypovolaemic shock due to massive intraoperative bleeding during an anterior resection for rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma. Critical deficiencies included: no pre-admission clinic assessment, no …
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 surgical error by exteriorising the…
80y · Female·peritonitis due to sigmoid resection margin leak following extended right hemico…
…ne 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 respira…
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