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Abdominal compartment syndrome due to distended rectal stump.

Year: 2007

Type: editorial

Abstract: Abdominal compartment syndrome is a serious and life-threatening condition that requires early recognition and urgent decompressive laparotomy. This case report describes an abdominal compartment syndrome due to a distended rectal stump. The patient had a previous sigmoid resection with colostomy performed for sigmoid volvulus. As far as we know, this is the first report of abdominal compartment syndrome due to rectal stump. In such cases, high index of suspicion and early intervention affect the clinical course.

Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Authors: Mehmet Yilmaz, Burak Işik, Murat Uğraş, Gökhan Söğütlü, Cengiz Ara, Sezai Yilmaz

Institution: Inonu University

Language: English

Topic: Abdominal Surgery and Complications

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2400949371

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