[Iatrogenic cecal perforation two days after a caesarian section]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2022 Feb 16:166:D6477.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 32-year-old healthy woman was seen two days after a complicated c-section with abdominal pain and vomiting. Inflammatory parameters were high and imaging showed a dilatated colon with intestinal pneumatosis. Surgical exploration showed an iatrogenic perforation of the coecum. Therefore, an ileocecal resection with primary anastomosis was performed. Full recovery occurred two weeks later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Adult
  • Cecum / surgery
  • Cesarean Section* / adverse effects
  • Colon*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease
  • Pregnancy