Abdominal wall haematoma in the obese: a dangerous phenomenon

We report the case of a 59-year-old obese female who developed an abdominal wall haematoma during administration of prophylactic clexane. Compared with the non-obese, the subcutaneous tissue of the obese is considered dysfunctional and has a different vascular structure and extra-cellular matrix com...

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Autores principales: Goldstein, Jerome M., Sebire, Dale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt060
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description We report the case of a 59-year-old obese female who developed an abdominal wall haematoma during administration of prophylactic clexane. Compared with the non-obese, the subcutaneous tissue of the obese is considered dysfunctional and has a different vascular structure and extra-cellular matrix composition. While the development of an abdominal wall haematoma is relatively uncommon, when they occur they can have fatal consequences. The altered subcutaneous tissue environment in the obese attenuates the normal external compression of an abdominal wall haematoma and as a result the obese are at greater risk of haemorrhage.
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spelling pubmed-38135102013-10-31 Abdominal wall haematoma in the obese: a dangerous phenomenon Goldstein, Jerome M. Sebire, Dale J Surg Case Rep Case Reports We report the case of a 59-year-old obese female who developed an abdominal wall haematoma during administration of prophylactic clexane. Compared with the non-obese, the subcutaneous tissue of the obese is considered dysfunctional and has a different vascular structure and extra-cellular matrix composition. While the development of an abdominal wall haematoma is relatively uncommon, when they occur they can have fatal consequences. The altered subcutaneous tissue environment in the obese attenuates the normal external compression of an abdominal wall haematoma and as a result the obese are at greater risk of haemorrhage. Oxford University Press 2013-07 2013-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3813510/ /pubmed/24964461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt060 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2013. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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