Colonic tattooing with India ink: Benefits, risks, and alternatives

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1804-1808

  Nizam, Rayees ^a   Siddiqi, Nasir ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ridge Mills Medical Center PC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; INDIAN INK; INDIGO CARMINE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATTOOING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARBON; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; STERILIZATION; TATTOOING;

EID: 0029794433     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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