Small bowel obstruction due to a spinal implant: a previously unreported cause of a common surgical presentation

BMJ Case Rep. 2010 Aug 5:2010:bcr0120102683. doi: 10.1136/bcr.01.2010.2683.

Authors

R G Clarke¹, D May, F Noble, T Bryant, P H Nichols

Affiliation

¹ Colorectal E Level West Wing, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK. roboclarke@msn.com

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Colectomy / methods
Colitis, Ulcerative / surgery
Contrast Media
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Ileostomy / methods
Ileum / diagnostic imaging
Ileum / surgery*
Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
Laparotomy / methods
Prostheses and Implants / adverse effects*
Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods
Risk Assessment
Spinal Fusion / adverse effects*
Spinal Fusion / instrumentation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Contrast Media