A rare cause of acute abdomen after proctocolectomy.

Abstract

Although proctocolectomy and ileal pouch surgery is a routine part of modern-day management for complicated ulcerative colitis, these patients are often debilitated and require close and attentive management in the early postoperative period.

Here we present a rare but clinically important postoperative complication.

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Subjects

• Abdomen, Acute
• Clostridium difficile
• Colitis, Ulcerative
• Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
• Humans
• Ileostomy
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Postoperative Complications
• Proctocolectomy, Restorative
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Authors

• Daniel Gerald Croagh
• Simon Parkinson Bach
• James Keck

Publication date

2009-03-27

Journal

Journal topics

• General Surgery

Language

Eng.

Copyright

American Journal of Surgery

Department of Colorectal Surgery, Saint Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia. dan.croagh [at] svhm.org.au

Release reference

Am J Surg. 2009 Apr;197(4):e41-2

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