Perforation of the Colon and Rectum-A Newly Recognized Complication of CT Colonography

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-165

  Sosna, Jacob ^a,b   Sella, Tamar ^a   Bar Ziv, Jacob ^a   Libson, Eugene ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PERFORATION; RISK FACTOR;

BARIUM SULFATE; COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENEMA; HUMANS; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645729541     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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