Bowel perforation with the variable stiffness colonoscope

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-273

  Rodriguez, Sarah A ^a   Ormseth, Eric ^a   Tsuchida, Amy ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOID; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037326586     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.58     Document Type: Article

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