Uterine Gangrene and Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction in a Teenager Following Unsafe Abortion
Published: June 1, 2019 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2019/41567.12961
Anthony Jude Edeh, Chukwuemeka Chijoke Nwangwu, Willis Unebike Ene, Wilfred Okwudili Okenwa, Chinedu Chijioke Anekpo
1. Department of Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Enugu State University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
2. Department of Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Enugu State University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
3. Department of Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Enugu State University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
4. Department of Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Enugu State University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
5. Department of Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Enugu State University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
Correspondence
Chukwuemeka Chijoke Nwangwu,
Department of Surgery, Collage of Medicine, Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
E-mail: nkanuwest29@gmail.com
Unsafe abortion often leads to complications since it is carried out by untrained persons in an unsafe environment. The most common complications are anaemia, bowel injury, bladder injury, uterine perforation, and sepsis. Here, authors present a very unfortunate case of 18-year-old single nulliparous secondary school student who had self-induced abortion at 24 weeks gestational age with unusual complication of complete uterine gangrene and mechanical intestinal obstruction. Her recovery was prolonged but was managed successfully.
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