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The acute surgical abdomen following Kyphoscoliosis corrective surgery
S N Andrews1, G Sanders, M J Cooper
1Department of General Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, Exeter, UK.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
|January 13, 2006
Abstract:
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome or cast syndrome is a recognised and reported complication of Kyphoscoliosis correction in orthopaedic surgery but much less published in the general surgical literature. The purpose of this case report is to review and highlight the occurrence, presentation and management of this unusual cause of the acute abdomen presenting as a general surgical emergency.

