Open AccessSTRANGE CARDIAC COMPLICATION AFTER MEDIAN EVENTRATION SURGERY
Author(s) -
Roxana Pătulea,
M. Coțofană,
Georgiana Radu,
Dan Nicolae Păduraru,
Octavian Andronic,
Daniel Ion
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2457-5364
pISSN - 2360-3038
DOI - 10.33695/jss.v5i3.228
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , context (archaeology) , intracardiac injection , cardiac tamponade , cardiac surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , general surgery , complication , surgical complication , paleontology , biology
A 51-year old patient comes to the hospital complaining of 20-30 bowel movements every day andabdominal pain following the introduction of a new medication for his cardiological problems(notable aspirin). His relevant medical history shows antecedents of hemorrhagic recto-colitis,non-stented coronaropathy, and a colectomy performed more than 10 years before. The diagnosiswas simple to make following laboratory, imagistic and clinical investigations – pouchitis andmedian eventrations following the prior surgery. The real problem appeared the next day followinghis eventration cure – cardiac tamponade in the context of antiplatelet medication. The patient wassuccessfully managed by the cardiothoracic surgeons. An intracardiac foreign body was found andeliminated during the intervention. Taking into consideration the fact that the patient had beentaking antiplatelet medication for almost a month, it is very likely that the foreign body hadmigrated there during or after the corrective surgical procedure for the eventration and created thehemopericardium in this particular context.