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EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERFORATION OF THE TERMINAL ILEUM FOLLOWING TOTAL COLECTOMY FOR FULMINANT COLITIS
Author(s) -
Hewett P. J.,
Hoffmann D. C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00265.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , colectomy , total colectomy , ileum , colitis , fulminant , ileostomy , pathological , terminal ileum , gastroenterology , general surgery , surgery , ulcerative colitis , disease , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Perforation of the ileum following total colectomy for Crohn's colitis is an uncommon entity which was fully described in 1970 by Hawke and Turnbull. Few reports have appeared since that time. A review of the clinical and pathological aspects of two cases of ileal perforation soon after colectomy for Crohn's colitis reveals a marked similarity to the original description of this entity.