Heterotopic ossification induced by hypoxia in a retrosternal gastric tube following transhiatal oesophagectomy.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Heterotopic ossification induced by hypoxia in a retrosternal gastric tube following transhiatal oesophagectomy.
A 71 year old man underwent retrosternal gastric tube reconstruction following transhiatal oesophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma. On the second post-operative day, the patient developed a cardiac arythmia with secondary hypotension followed by hypoxaemia necessitating artificial ventilation. Two weeks after surgery, endoscopy revealed massive necrosis of the proximal segment of the gastric...
متن کاملSevere Heterotopic Ossification following Total Knee Replacement
Although the incidence of minor heterotopic ossification is probably higher than what is usually expected, severe heterotopic ossification (HO) is an extremely rare event following total knee replacement surgery. We present the case of a 66-year-old woman who initially had achieved an excellent range of motion following bilateral uncemented rotating platform total knee replacement, before prese...
متن کاملHeterotopic ossification following combat-related trauma.
Introduction The term heterotopic ossification refers to the aberrant formation of mature, lamellar bone in nonosseous tissue. Translated from its Greek (heteros and topos) and Latin (ossificatio) etymologic origins, heterotopic ossification can be literally defined as "bone formation in other location." The first written account of heterotopic ossification describes the treatment of symptomati...
متن کاملAn unusual case of oesophageal rupture treated by transhiatal oesophagectomy.
Spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus is an uncommon surgical emergency. A case is presented in which the extensive nature of the rupture precluded standard methods of treatment and was treated by transhiatal oesophagectomy.
متن کاملTranshiatal oesophagectomy for carcinoma oesophagus. Early experience.
Over a period of eighteen months, (June, 89 to Dec, 90) 19 patients underwent Transhiatal Oesophagectomy for carcinoma. Thirteen were males and 6 females, age varying from 32 to 80 years with an average of 48.6 years. Dysphagia was present in all patients, the duration varied from 1.5 to 6 months, average 3.5 months. Pre-operative endoscopy and biopsy was done in all cases. Lesion was located i...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.48.2.177