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Atypical Ogilvie Syndrome
Author(s) -
Paraskevaides E. C.,
Sodipo J. A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1988.tb01647.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , volvulus , perforation , sigmoid colon , diverticulitis , surgery , diverticulum (mollusc) , caesarean section , general surgery , peritonitis , complication , appendicitis , cholecystitis , abdominal distension , abdominal pain , pregnancy , rectum , gallbladder , materials science , punching , biology , metallurgy , genetics
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Post‐Caesarean section abdominal distension is a common problem, but spontaneous perforation of the colon, which occurred in this patient, is fortunately a very rare complication. The need for laparotomy in such patients is indicated by the clinical picture (e.g. sudden right hypochondrial pain and peritonitis as in this patient), not the findings on radiography. The Clinical Reports of the Mercy Maternity Hospital, 1971–1983, summarize the findings in the 173 patients who had laparotomy performed for surgical complications during pregnancy and the puerperium, during which time there were 56,842 confinements, including 6,938 Caesarean sections, in this hospital. There were cases of appendicitis (47), cholecystitis/cholelithiasis (12), carcinoma of the colon (I), bleeding Meckel diverticulum (1), volvulus of sigmoid (1), volvulus of small bowel (1), but there was not one case of intestinal perforation in this series.