Silent perforation: An iatrogenic complication of colonoscopy

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 452-454

  Jafri, Syed Mohammed R ^a   Arora, Amindra ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colitis; Colonoscopy; Perforation

Indexed keywords

MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; ILEOCECECTOMY; INTESTINE POLYP; MALAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; COLON; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RUPTURE;

COLITIS; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 38849205629     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3180dca5c4     Document Type: Article

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