Caecal perforation in a burn patient

A 30-year-old female with a 38 per cent TBSA flame burn developed caecal perforation due to non-specific colonic ulceration. Only one such case has so far been reported in the literature by Still et al. (Burns 1994; 20: 85). The caecal perforation in our patient was treated using a right hemicolecto...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Burns 1995-12, Vol.21 (8), p.619-621
Hauptverfasser:	Ghoneim, I.E., Bang, R.L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Burns - complications Cecal Diseases - etiology Cecal Diseases - surgery Colectomy Colonic Diseases - etiology Emergency and intensive care: burns Female Humans Intensive care medicine Intestinal Perforation - etiology Intestinal Perforation - surgery Medical sciences Ulcer - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	A 30-year-old female with a 38 per cent TBSA flame burn developed caecal perforation due to non-specific colonic ulceration. Only one such case has so far been reported in the literature by Still et al. (Burns 1994; 20: 85). The caecal perforation in our patient was treated using a right hemicolectomy. She deteriorated postoperatively and died day 21 postburn due to septicaemia, the perforation of the caecum contributed to the mortality.
ISSN:	0305-4179 1879-1409
DOI:	10.1016/0305-4179(95)00043-B