Transanal gauze packing to manage massive presacral bleeding secondary to prescral abscess caused by rectal anastomotic leakage: a novel approach.

Anastomotic leakage following rectal resection is a serious and fearful complication, and may cause presacral abscess and/or peritonitis. To our knowledge, massive hematochezia secondary to presacral abscess caused by anastomotic leakage has not yet been reported in the literature. We observed this rare and life-threatening complication in three patients who were successfully treated with a simple but effective transanal gauze packing technique.

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Byung-Eun Yoo, Dong-Won Lee, Seung-Won Lee, Jung-Myun Kwak, Jin Kim, Seon-Hahn Kim. Transanal gauze packing to manage massive presacral bleeding secondary to prescral abscess caused by rectal anastomotic leakage: a novel approach. Annals of surgical treatment and research. 2015 Apr;88(4):236-9

PMID: 25844360

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