Extraperitoneal rectal perforation due to retroflexion fiberoptic proctoscopy

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Chu, Quyen ^a   Petros, James G ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MALE; PERITONITIS; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM PERFORATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTUM;

EID: 0032922083     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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