Small bowel obstruction due to a spinal implant: a previously unreported cause of a common surgical presentation

Case presentation A 72-year-old woman with a past history of ulcerative colitis and long-term steroid therapy underwent subtotal colectomy and end ileostomy 11 years previously. A first report of bowel perforation from a spinal rod in a paediatric patient was reported in 2005 4 , and a gastrointesti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ case reports 2010-08, Vol.2010 (aug05 1), p.bcr0120102683-bcr0120102683
Hauptverfasser:	Clarke, R G, May, D, Noble, F, Bryant, T, Nichols, P H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Aged, 80 and over Colectomy - methods Colitis, Ulcerative - surgery Contrast Media Endoscopy Europe (West) Female Follow-Up Studies Foreign-Body Migration - complications Foreign-Body Migration - diagnostic imaging Humans Ileostomy - methods Ileum - diagnostic imaging Ileum - surgery Intestinal Obstruction - diagnostic imaging Intestinal Obstruction - etiology Intestinal Obstruction - surgery Laparotomy - methods Ostomy Prostheses and Implants - adverse effects Radiographic Image Enhancement - methods Risk Assessment Spinal Fusion - adverse effects Spinal Fusion - instrumentation Staphylococcus infections Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Transplants & implants Treatment Outcome Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury White
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Zusammenfassung:	Case presentation A 72-year-old woman with a past history of ulcerative colitis and long-term steroid therapy underwent subtotal colectomy and end ileostomy 11 years previously. A first report of bowel perforation from a spinal rod in a paediatric patient was reported in 2005 4 , and a gastrointestinal bleed has also been reported. 5 This case raises a number of issues.
ISSN:	1757-790X 1757-790X
DOI:	10.1136/bcr.01.2010.2683