Postradical cystectomy bowel perforation caused by a drainage tube: a case report
Eleftherios P Chatzidarellis1, Andreas Skolarikos, Evangelos Mazaris
12nd Department of Urology Athens Medical School, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens, Greece. ehatzid@yahoo.gr.
Cases Journal
|November 27, 2008
Abstract
Introduction:
Open drains are frequently placed in the abdominal cavity to prevent the collection of fluid or blood following major surgery.
Case Presentation:
We describe a case of perforation of the large bowel caused by the drain tube placed in a 74-year-old patient who had undergone radical cystectomy for invasive bladder cancer.
