Detrimental Pneumoperitoneum and Bowel Necrosis Secondary to Dilatation and Curettage: Necessitating the Importance of Healthcare Awareness

We have read about numerous cases depicting life-threatening fatalities due to the lack of awareness and accessibility to health care facilities. A 23-year-old pregnant woman in a village in India underwent a dilation and curettage procedure for spontaneous abortion by an uncertified medical practit...

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Autores principales: Raol, Karanrajsinh, Kuppusamy, Naveen, Sanghavi, Nairuti A, Kaur, Navpreet, Rajendran, Karthikeyan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Medical Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8577819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786217
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18594
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Sumario:We have read about numerous cases depicting life-threatening fatalities due to the lack of awareness and accessibility to health care facilities. A 23-year-old pregnant woman in a village in India underwent a dilation and curettage procedure for spontaneous abortion by an uncertified medical practitioner. Eventually, she presented to the emergency room with ER and an initial abdominal X-ray was consistent with the finding of free air under the diaphragm/pneumoperitoneum and air-fluid levels. Here we present a case of bowel perforation secondary to being strangulated within the uterine cavity.

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