Degloving Injury of Bowel: An Unheard Complication of Surgical Abortion
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Sonia Chawla,
Senior Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru,
Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi-110095, India.
E-mail: drsonia0685@gmail.com
Unsafe abortion is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. Various types of intestinal injury in form of haematoma, perforation, contusion and transection have been reported. Degloving injury of intestine is one of the rarest complications. We report a case of 32-year-old lady Gravida 4, para 3 admitted with history of induced surgical abortion by a quack with degloving injury to bowel. Though there was no fecal soiling of peritoneal cavity but large segment of bowel was lost. She was managed by end ileostomy and discharged in stable condition.
Bowel injury, Maternal mortality, Unsafe abortion
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/17329.7787
Date of Submission: Oct 14, 2015
Date of Peer Review: Dec 23, 2015
Date of Acceptance: Jan 31, 2016
Date of Publishing: May 01, 2016
Financial OR OTHER COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
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