Cecum perforation secondary to plunger-induced barotrauma

Barotrauma to the colon and rectum is well documented, most commonly due to endoscopic complications. Here, we describe the unique case of a 56-year-old male presenting with peritonitis after self induced barotrauma to his colon following an attempt to alleviate 4-day obstipation with a toilet plung...

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Autores principales: Rubin, Jonathan, Principe, Daniel R, Movitz, Blake, Ng, Matthew, Kochar, Kunal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30891180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz077
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author Rubin, Jonathan
Principe, Daniel R
Movitz, Blake
Ng, Matthew
Kochar, Kunal
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Kochar, Kunal
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description Barotrauma to the colon and rectum is well documented, most commonly due to endoscopic complications. Here, we describe the unique case of a 56-year-old male presenting with peritonitis after self induced barotrauma to his colon following an attempt to alleviate 4-day obstipation with a toilet plunger. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a perforated and gangrenous right colon, which was promptly treated with an open right hemicolectomy and end-loop Prasad ileocolostomy. To our knowledge, this represents the first case of its kind and highlights the distinct pathology for colorectal barotrauma depending on the underlying mechanism of injury.
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spelling pubmed-64156242019-03-19 Cecum perforation secondary to plunger-induced barotrauma Rubin, Jonathan Principe, Daniel R Movitz, Blake Ng, Matthew Kochar, Kunal J Surg Case Rep Case Report Barotrauma to the colon and rectum is well documented, most commonly due to endoscopic complications. Here, we describe the unique case of a 56-year-old male presenting with peritonitis after self induced barotrauma to his colon following an attempt to alleviate 4-day obstipation with a toilet plunger. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a perforated and gangrenous right colon, which was promptly treated with an open right hemicolectomy and end-loop Prasad ileocolostomy. To our knowledge, this represents the first case of its kind and highlights the distinct pathology for colorectal barotrauma depending on the underlying mechanism of injury. Oxford University Press 2019-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6415624/ /pubmed/30891180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz077 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019. 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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