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What would cause a distended and hard upper abdomen following a thoracic posterior fusion t7-t10 with instrumentation. three months post op and still ?
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Not the surgery: So now need to give a good history. Do you have a bowel movement regularly? Go back to the surgeon and start by discussing with him
Answered 10/11/2018
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