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Back Pain, Anastomotic Leak, Infection. History Of Rectal Cancer, Surgery Done. Had A J Pouch And Ileostomy. Any Solution?
My husband had major surgery for rectal cancer last August - had a j pouch and ileostomy. He has anastomotic leak and infection. Had long course of antibiotics but still suffers bad back pain. He has a hard area left of his spine causing lots of pain. Recent ct scan shows no cancer. What could the cause of his pain be?
Fri, 10 May 2013
Hi and welcome to HCM. Thank you for your query.
It is hard to find the exact cause. There can be spine metastasis, pancreatic disorder or degenerative arhritis. He should do spine MRI to rule this out.Till that he just need some strong painkillers and physiotherapy. ALso some surgical complications can lead to such pain such as adhesions or intraabdominal infection. Without furher testing nothing can be confirmed.
WIsh you good health.
It is hard to find the exact cause. There can be spine metastasis, pancreatic disorder or degenerative arhritis. He should do spine MRI to rule this out.Till that he just need some strong painkillers and physiotherapy. ALso some surgical complications can lead to such pain such as adhesions or intraabdominal infection. Without furher testing nothing can be confirmed.
WIsh you good health.
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