Endoscopic perforation of the rectum presenting initially as a change in voice

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-306

  Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a,b   Koo, Jarley ^a   Zalev, Arthur H ^a   Burnstein, Marcus J ^a   Warren, Ralph E C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM PERFORATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RECTUM; RETROPNEUMOPERITONEUM; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 0032842723     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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