Rectal perforation, retropneumoperitoneum, and pneumomediastinum after stapling procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoids: Report of a case and subsequent considerations

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 268-270

  Ripetti, Valter ^a   Caricato, Marco ^a   Arullani, Augusto ^a  

^a Campus Bio Medico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemorrhoid surgery complications; Retropneumoperitoneum; Stapling procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOSTOMY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM PERFORATION; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTUM; RETROPNEUMOPERITONEUM; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 0036167504     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6159-3     Document Type: Article

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