title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Colorectal Surgery, Saint Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia. dan.croagh@svhm.org.au
authors.forename: Daniel Gerald
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Croagh
authors.forename: Simon Parkinson
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keck
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed