Bowel explosion with colonic perforation during argon plasma coagulation for hemorrhagic radiation-induced proctitis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 412-413

  Ben Soussan, Emmanuel ^a   Mathieu, Nicolas ^a   Roque, Isabelle ^a   Antonietti, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ENEMA; NORMACOL;

AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LAPAROTOMY; LASER COAGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037344263     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.131     Document Type: Article

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