Ann Acad Med Singapore. 1999 Jul; 28(4): 583-5.

Life-threatening perineal gangrene from rectal perforation following colonic hydrotherapy: a case report.

Tan MP, Cheong DM.

Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.

Alternative medicine is widely publicized in Singapore. To date there are few reports of complications arising as a result of such treatments. However, there is no legislation as yet governing alternative medicine practitioners. We present an unusual case of a patient who developed life-threatening perineal gangrene as a result of rectal perforation following colonic hydrotherapy.