Small Bowel Perforation as a Postoperative Complication from a Laminectomy

Chronic low back pain is one of the leading chief complaints affecting adults in the United States. As a result, this increases the percentage of patients that will eventually undergo surgical intervention to alleviate debilitating, chronic symptoms. A 37-year-old woman presented ten hours postopera...

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Main Authors: Robert H. Krieger, Katherine M. Wojcicki, Andrew C. Berry, Warren L. Reuther, Kendrick D. McArthur
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/378218
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description Chronic low back pain is one of the leading chief complaints affecting adults in the United States. As a result, this increases the percentage of patients that will eventually undergo surgical intervention to alleviate debilitating, chronic symptoms. A 37-year-old woman presented ten hours postoperatively after a lumbar laminectomy with an acute abdomen due to the extraordinarily rare complication of small bowel injury secondary to deep surgical penetration.
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spelling doaj-art-073e172786324b99b8bef839f53a9cc92025-08-20T02:02:48ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192015-01-01201510.1155/2015/378218378218Small Bowel Perforation as a Postoperative Complication from a LaminectomyRobert H. Krieger0Katherine M. Wojcicki1Andrew C. Berry2Warren L. Reuther3Kendrick D. McArthur4Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU), 1750 E. Independence Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64106, USAKansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU), 1750 E. Independence Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64106, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36608, USADepartment of Radiology, West Palm Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL 33407, USADepartment of Surgery, West Palm Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL 33407, USAChronic low back pain is one of the leading chief complaints affecting adults in the United States. As a result, this increases the percentage of patients that will eventually undergo surgical intervention to alleviate debilitating, chronic symptoms. A 37-year-old woman presented ten hours postoperatively after a lumbar laminectomy with an acute abdomen due to the extraordinarily rare complication of small bowel injury secondary to deep surgical penetration.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/378218
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