Enema-induced perforation of the rectum in chronically constipated patients

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1609-1612

  Paran, Haim ^a   Butnaru, Gavriel ^a   Neufeld, David ^a   Magen, Amalia ^a   Freund, Uri ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Constipation; Enema; Perforation; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON LAVAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM PERFORATION;

EID: 0033432854     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236216     Document Type: Article

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