title: Herbal enema: At the cost of colon.
abstract: Various colonic side-effects of herbal enema have been reported in literature ranging from mild abdominal discomfort to self-limiting haemorrhagic colitis. It rarely requires blood transfusion or subtotal colectomy. We report a 57-year-old male patient developing severe ileo-colitis with persistent massive rectal bleeding immediately after herbal enema administration for the treatment of chronic constipation and was resistant to conservative management. Patient was managed successfully with emergency total laparoscopic colectomy. Post-operative recovery of the patient was excellent.
authors: Department of Minimal Access and Bariatric Surgery, ILS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India.
authors: Parmanand
authors: P
authors: Prasad
authors: Om
authors: O
authors: Tantia
authors: Nirmal M
authors: NM
authors: Patle
authors: Jayanta
authors: J
authors: Mukherjee