Report of a case of colonic perforation after virtual colonoscopy [1];À propos d'un cas de perforation colique après une coloscopie virtuelle

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1103-1105

  Debugne, Gwenaelle ^a   Gillet, Bénédicte ^a   Pierard, Sophie ^a   Salovic, Dragan ^a   Kirsch, Jacques ^a   Gallez, Jean François ^a   D'Harveng, Baudouin ^a   El Nawar, Abdo ^a   Nakad, Antoine ^a  

^a Clinique Notre Dame   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRTUAL REALITY; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; COLON; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE;

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; COLON; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE;

EID: 33750684994     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0399-8320(06)73485-6     Document Type: Letter

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