ABSTRACT
Recto-vaginal septum abscess is a rare entity in women. The authors report a rare clinical observation of a recto-vaginal septum abscess in a 40 year old woman, hospitalized and treated in the Surgical Unit of the Yaounde General Hospital. Medical literature was reviewed and surgical indications discussed.
Subject(s)
Abscess/surgery , Escherichia coli Infections/surgery , Rectal Diseases/surgery , Vaginal Diseases/surgery , Abscess/diagnostic imaging , Abscess/drug therapy , Abscess/microbiology , Adult , Anti-Bacterial Agents , Combined Modality Therapy , Drug Therapy, Combination/therapeutic use , Escherichia coli Infections/diagnostic imaging , Escherichia coli Infections/drug therapy , Escherichia coli Infections/microbiology , Female , Humans , Rectal Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Rectal Diseases/drug therapy , Rectal Diseases/microbiology , Ultrasonography , Vaginal Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Vaginal Diseases/drug therapy , Vaginal Diseases/microbiologyABSTRACT
A case of postoperative necrotizing fasciitis after a right incarcerated inguinal hernia repair is reported in a six week old baby hospitalized in the paediatric surgical unit of the Yaounde General Hospital. Treatment consisted in a medical reanimation, surgical debridement and an appropriate antibiotherapy. Medical literature was reviewed and therapeutic indications discussed.
Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents , Drug Therapy, Combination/therapeutic use , Fasciitis/surgery , Hernia, Inguinal/surgery , Fasciitis/drug therapy , Fasciitis/etiology , Fasciitis/microbiology , Humans , Infant , Male , Necrosis , Postoperative ComplicationsABSTRACT
The authors report a rare clinical observation of a post-appendectomy caecal fistula retardedly exteriorized, in a 18 year old adolescent, managed in the surgical service of the Yaounde General Hospital. The radical treatment was surgical and consisted in right hemicolectomy. Literature was reviewed and therapeutic indications discussed.