Gastrointestinal Complications

It is not only patients who have undergone bowel surgery that will develop gastrointestinal complications, as ileus and constipation are common complaints following a host of surgical procedures.

However, within general surgery, post-operative complications including anastomotic leak can prove devastating for the patient, therefore it is essential for surgical doctors to be able to pick up this important complication.

Complications such as incisional hernia or adhesions can occur years after the original index procedure, however can also cause significant morbidity if left untreated too. These complications are essential to understand and know how to manage