HERNIATION OF THE TRANSVERSE COLON - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF PEDICLED OMENTOPLASTY

Authors
BOISKIN I KARNA A DEMOS TC BLAKEMAN B
Citation
I. Boiskin et al., HERNIATION OF THE TRANSVERSE COLON - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF PEDICLED OMENTOPLASTY, Canadian Association of Radiologists journal, 46(3), 1995, pp. 223-225
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
08465371
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
223 - 225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0846-5371(1995)46:3<223:HOTTC->2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Pedicled omentoplasty is frequently used in chest reconstruction and t reatment of sternal infection. The procedure is effective, but it is a ssociated with several postoperative complications. The authors descri be a 49-year-old man in whom sternal infection after heart surgery was successfully treated by sternectomy and omentoplasty. Several months later, the transverse colon herniated into the transposed omentum. To the authors' knowledge, this complication has not been previously repo rted.