title: Clinical conundrum.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Surgery, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom. bobsoin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pay
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Greenall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000293:injuries*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013249:Sternum / Q000473:pathology*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation