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NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS TREATED BY PRIMARY RESECTION WITH ANASTOMOSIS IN A LEUKAEMIC PATIENT RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY
Author(s) -
Anderson P. E.
Publication year - 1993
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.1445-2197.1993.tb00040.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , enterocolitis , complication , perforation , surgery , presentation (obstetrics) , anastomosis , disease , resection , general surgery , punching , materials science , metallurgy
Neutropenic enterocolitis is a complication of patients receiving chemotherapy for malignant disease. It has a characteristic presentation and may lead to gut perforation with consequent high mortality. It is best treated by early surgical intervention. Considerable mortality is inevitable in these gravely ill patients.