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Post-operative tetanus following recto-sigmoidal carcinoma surgery: A case report
1 Professor, Department of Microbiology,Govt. Medical and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, India
2 Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Govt. Medical and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, India
3 Junior resident, Department of General Surgery, Govt. Medical and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, India
4 Demonstrator, Department of Microbiology,Govt. Medical and Hospital, Sector 32,Chandigarh, India
5 Professor and Head, Department of General Surgery, Govt. Medical and Hospital,Sector 32, Chandigarh, India
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Shiwani Sharma
Department of Microbiology,Govt. Medical and Hospital, Sector 32,Chandigarh,
India
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Article ID: 101019Z01VG2019
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Gupta V, Gupta S, Nasir MI, Sharma S, Attri AK. Post-operative tetanus following recto-sigmoidal carcinoma surgery: A case report. Int J Case Rep Images 2019;10:101019Z01VG2019.ABSTRACT
Tetanus is often seen as either neonatal tetanus or adult cases of tetanus. Rarely tetanus has been reported in postoperative patients as well. We report a case of post-operative tetanus following recto-sigmoidal carcinoma surgery in a labourer in North India. Since the diagnosis is mainly clinical, so high index of suspicion should be borne in mind regarding presentation after surgery. Early diagnosis helps in instituting treatment to neutralize the toxin thus leading to good prognosis of an otherwise fatal disease.
Keywords: Gastrointestinal surgery, Post-operative, Rectosigmoidal, Tetanus
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Sanjay Gupta - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Varsha Gupta - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Md Imran Nasir - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Shiwani Sharma - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Ashok K Attri - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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