Laparoscopic Appendectomy with Subsequent Scar Tissue Formation and Resulting Bowel Obstruction
Medical legal animation demonstrative showing an inflamed appendix connected to the lateral pelvic wall by adhesions. Insertion of the Endo GIA stapler to completely free the appendix. Free staples fall from the device onto the small bowel at the midline of the abdomen. Widespread adhesions have formed causing compression of the bowel loop and bloated bowel proximal to the obstruction.
