The Traumatic Tube: Bleeding Rectal Ulcer Caused by Flexi-Seal Device

Diarrhea and fecal incontinence are common in critically ill patients and present a challenging problem in patient management. The Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System is a device to divert the stools away from the patient, thus improving the care to patients with fecal incontinence. There have been...

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Published in:Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-4
Main Authors: Sodeman, Thomas, Alastal, Yaseen, Qamar, Khola, Sharma, Himani, Tiwari, Abhinav, Nawras, Ali T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case reports
Case studies
Critical care
Diagnosis
Diarrhea
Equipment and supplies
Fecal incontinence
Feces
Gastroenterology
Hemorrhage
Medicine
Ostomy
Patients
Rectal diseases
Risk factors
Ulcers
Urology
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Summary:Diarrhea and fecal incontinence are common in critically ill patients and present a challenging problem in patient management. The Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System is a device to divert the stools away from the patient, thus improving the care to patients with fecal incontinence. There have been only few case reports describing the complications with the use of this device. Here, we present a case of a 77-year-old woman who was admitted due to massive hematochezia while on anticoagulation. She was found to have a large rectal ulcer caused by the Flexi-Seal device, used during the last hospital stay for fecal incontinence. Flexi-Seal device can be effective for the management of incontinence; however, caution should be exercised during handling and pressure from the retention balloon should be relieved periodically.
ISSN:2090-6528
2090-6536
DOI:10.1155/2017/5278971