Acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

We present a case of isolated rectal ischaemia, a rare complication after emergency surgery for a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. We discuss the possible aetiology of this condition and how this rare condition may be missed unless care is taken at the time of reoperation.

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Autores principales: Mosley, Frances R., Akhtar, Sobia, George, Rina, Pillay, Woolagasen R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28344761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw172
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spelling pubmed-51555532016-12-16 Acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery Mosley, Frances R. Akhtar, Sobia George, Rina Pillay, Woolagasen R. J Surg Case Rep Case Report We present a case of isolated rectal ischaemia, a rare complication after emergency surgery for a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. We discuss the possible aetiology of this condition and how this rare condition may be missed unless care is taken at the time of reoperation. Oxford University Press 2016-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5155553/ /pubmed/28344761 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw172 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-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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Mosley, Frances R.
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George, Rina
Pillay, Woolagasen R.
Acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
title Acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
title_full Acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
title_fullStr Acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
title_full_unstemmed Acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
title_short Acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
title_sort acute rectal ischaemia following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28344761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw172
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