Small Bowel Perforation as a Postoperative Complication from a Laminectomy

Figure 2

Laparoscopic views of the inflamed and perforated small bowel photographed prior to the conversion to laparotomy. (a) The photograph demonstrates a highly erythematous, inflamed segment of small bowel with fibrinous exudation and inflammation adjacent to the instrument. (b) The arrow pointing to the site of perforation located at the approximate jejunal-ileal junction.

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