Bowel Injury following Illegal Abortion : An Unusual Case

Authors

  • LN Sheshadri Postgraduate Resident
  • Preethi B Reddy Intern
  • Tanveer Ustad Hussain Lecturer
  • Arun B Kilpadi Professor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjog.v26i1.13761

Keywords:

Bowel, Injury

Abstract

A rare and life threatening complication of induced abortion is bowel injury. Bowel resection with exteriorization of bowel with possibility of permanent stomas is the treatment, especially when the patient presents late. A 26 year old woman presented with peritonitis and fecal discharge per vaginum 1 week after an illegal abortion. Laparotomy revealed uterine perforation and colonic injury with the fetal head retained intraperitoneally .

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjog.v26i1.13761

Bangladesh J Obstet Gynaecol, 2011; Vol. 26(1) : 48-49

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Published

2013-02-12

How to Cite

Sheshadri, L., Reddy, P. B., Hussain, T. U., & Kilpadi, A. B. (2013). Bowel Injury following Illegal Abortion : An Unusual Case. Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 26(1), 48–49. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjog.v26i1.13761

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Case Report