Nonresectional surgical approach to toxic megacolon with abdominal compartment syndrome

Am Surg. 2013 Dec;79(12):E349-50.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / complications
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / diagnosis
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Ileostomy*
  • Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / diagnosis
  • Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / etiology
  • Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / surgery*
  • Male
  • Megacolon, Toxic / diagnosis
  • Megacolon, Toxic / etiology
  • Megacolon, Toxic / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin