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| Acute colonic pseudoobstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome) as a postoperative complication: A case report and literature review | ||||||
| Alaa Sedik1, Mufid Maaly2, Salwa ElHoushy3 | ||||||
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1,2King Khalid Hospital Hail, KSA, Department
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3King Khalid Hospital Hail, KSA Department of Medicine | ||||||
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| Sedik A, Maaly M, ElHoushy S. Acute colonic pseudoobstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome) as a postoperative complication: A case report and literature review. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(6):394–396. |
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ABSTRACT
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Introduction:
Acute colonic pseudoobstruction, also known as Ogilvie’s syndrome, is an acute clinical condition with clinical and radiological features of an acute large bowel obstruction in the absence of any mechanical cause; yet a medical or surgical predisposing factors are present. Case Report: We describe a middle aged male victim of road traffic accident (RTA), who presented lately with acute colonic pseudoobstruction without any apparent cause following recent lumbar spine surgery for trauma. Conclusion: This case report highlights the rare, but potentially dangerous, diagnosis of Ogilvie’s syndrome after spinal fracture fixation. Rapid diagnosis is the key to avoid serious complications. Keywords: Ogilvie’ syndrome, Spine, Surgery |
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Author Contributions
Alaa Sedik – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Mufid Maaly – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Salwa ElHoushy – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support
None |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2017 Alaa Sedik et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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