When I see the words "went horribly wrong" on the internet, that means it's time for the Daily Dude to swing into action. Read on . . .
A surgery meant to reverse a colostomy on a Dover man went horribly wrong last year, resulting in fecal mater being discharged from his penis and urine passing through his colon.
Doctors at Kent General Hospital in Delaware improperly stapled the colon to the bladder instead of the rectal stump. This left the patient with diarrhea, as well as gas and liquid stool passing from his penis.
The man was taken to Christiana Hospital 12 days later to have the procedure corrected, but not until after much suffering and embarrassment. According to the delawareonline article, Bayhealth Medical and Surgical Associates (where the three doctors practice) declined to comment, pending resolution of a lawsuit filed by the patient and his wife.
Dr. Scott D. Goldstein, director of colon and rectal surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, said colostomy removals can be difficult and tedious procedures-- and the bladder can often get in the way. "These [urinal and anal] structures are very close to one another," he added, "But it shouldn't happen. I can't say more than that."
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