Splenic rupture: An unusual complication of colonoscopy

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-396

  Holubar, Stefan ^a   Dwivedi, Amit ^a,b   Eisendorfer, J ^a   Levine, R ^a   Strauss, R ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AWARENESS; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; SPLEEN; SPLEEN HEMORRHAGE; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248588581     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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