"Mess-o-stomosis": a matter of malpractice rather than awkwardness.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Pellino, Gianluca; Sciaudone, Guido; Candilio, Giuseppe; Camerlingo, Antonio; Marcellinaro, Rosa; Rocco, Federica; De Fatico, Serena; Canonico, Silvestro; Selvaggi, Francesco
- Source
- BMC Surgery; 2013, Vol. 13 Issue Suppl 1, p1-2, 2p
- Subject
- HYSTERECTOMY complications
OVARIECTOMY
VAGINAL vault prolapse
OVARIAN surgery
SURGICAL anastomosis
- Language
- ISSN
- 14712482
The article presents a case study of a 67-year-old woman who has a history of hysterectomy and left ovariectomy performed for a tubo-ovarian abscess with pelvic sepsis. Her examination revealed a large defect in the posterior vaginal wall communicating with the rectal lumen and her vagina to be anastomosed to the colon and rectum. It suggests that using stapling devices to perform digestive anastomoses must be counterbalanced with an extensive experience to gain advantages from the technique.