Splenic rupture: An unusual complication of colonoscopy - Case report and review of the literature

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 351-354

  Luebke, Thomas ^a   Baldus, Stephan E ^b   Holscher, Arnulf H ^a   Monig, Stefan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Complication; Splenic hematoma; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750336133     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000213703.94687.50     Document Type: Article

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