title: Abdominal compartment syndrome due to distended rectal stump.
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.
authors: Department of General Surgery, Inönü University, School of Medicine, Malatya. mehmetyilmaz@inonu.edu.tr
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Yilmaz
authors: Burak
authors: B
authors: Işik
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Uğraş
authors: Gökhan
authors: G
authors: Söğütlü
authors: Cengiz
authors: C
authors: Ara
authors: Sezai
authors: S
authors: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000098:blood supply*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D003125:Colostomy; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*