A rare cause of acute abdomen after proctocolectomy.
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.
Croagh
Daniel Gerald
DG
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Saint Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia. dan.croagh@svhm.org.au
Bach
Simon Parkinson
SP
Keck
James
J
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