{"title":"Perspectives on stercoral perforation","authors":"E. Weledji, T. Nana","doi":"10.4103/ijssr.ijssr_7_17","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Stercoral perforation results from ischemic necrosis of the colonic wall by a fecaloma. The cause is multifactorial and the diagnosis is usually made only at laparotomy. There is high mortality from fecal peritonitis and Hartmann's procedure in the ill and toxic elderly patient carries the lowest mortality.","PeriodicalId":331041,"journal":{"name":"IJS Short Reports","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IJS Short Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijssr.ijssr_7_17","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Stercoral perforation results from ischemic necrosis of the colonic wall by a fecaloma. The cause is multifactorial and the diagnosis is usually made only at laparotomy. There is high mortality from fecal peritonitis and Hartmann's procedure in the ill and toxic elderly patient carries the lowest mortality.