Acute Abdomen

2018 ◽  
pp. 228-245
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1958 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 797-808
Author(s):  
H.L. Bockus
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1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Kauvar
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2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Muchuweti ◽  
Hopewell Mungani ◽  
Hopewell Mungani ◽  
Farai Mahomva ◽  
Edwin Gamba Muguti ◽  
...  

Oftentimes general surgeons working in poorly resourced communities carry out emergency abdominal surgery in patients with acute abdomen with no definitive preoperative diagnosis. The definitive diagnosis is made at laparotomy. Perforated small bowel obstruction secondary to heavy Infestation with Ascaris Lumbricoides brings a number of intraoperative challenges requiring correct intraoperative surgical management decisions. We present a case of a 17 year-old patient who was admitted with a diagnosis of small bowel obstruction who at laparotomy was found to have perforated gangrenous small bowel volvulus with heavy worm load visible through the bowel wall. Because of faecal peritoneal contamination and haemodynamic instability she underwent a two staged procedure with good outcome.


2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Ameri ◽  
Abbas Aghabiklooei ◽  
Saboori Hanieh
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2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Leslie M. Leyva Sotelo ◽  
José E. Telich Tarriba ◽  
Daniel Ángeles Gaspar ◽  
Osvaldo I. Guevara Valmaña ◽  
André Víctor Baldín ◽  
...  

Internal hernias are an infrequent cause of intestinal obstruction with an incidence of 0.2-0.9%, therefore their early diagnosis represents a challenge. The most frequently herniated organ is the small bowel, which results in a wide spectrum of symptoms, varying from mild abdominal pain to acute abdomen. We present the case of an eight-year old patient with nonspecific digestive symptoms, a transoperative diagnosis was made in which an internal hernia was found strangulated by plastron in the distal third of the appendix. Appendectomy was performed and four days later the patient was discharged without complications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. e237574
Author(s):  
Lokesh Vellore Dasarathan ◽  
Pranay Gaikwad ◽  
Ramesh Babu Telugu

A 20-year-old man presented in emergency with fever, abdominal pain and obstipation. On evaluation, he was found to have an acute abdomen with septic shock. The cross-sectional abdominal imaging revealed hepatosplenomegaly, pleural effusion and ascites with retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. He was resuscitated and started on broad-spectrum antibiotics. There was no other source of infection identified elsewhere. While bacterial and fungal cultures were negative, the sputum, blood, bone marrow and ascitic fluid were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis following which he was started on antituberculosis therapy. Despite therapy, the patient’s clinical condition continued to deteriorate requiring critical care. In view of Landouzy’s sepsis, pulse steroid therapy was started. However, the patient’s clinical condition continued to deteriorate and developed systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. Despite the best efforts, the patient expired.


BMJ ◽  
1946 ◽  
Vol 2 (4471) ◽  
pp. 403-403
Author(s):  
F. E. d. W. Cayley

2021 ◽  
pp. 102357
Author(s):  
Youssef Chaker ◽  
Ouadi Yacine ◽  
Ben Mahmoud Ahmed ◽  
Haddad Anis ◽  
Magherbi Houcine ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Merzouk Fatimazahra ◽  
Mahassine El Harras ◽  
Ilham Bensahi ◽  
Meriem Kassimi ◽  
Sara Oualim ◽  
...  

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