Rectal perforation caused by retroflexion maneuver during colonoscopy: closure with endoscopic clips

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 771-773

  Ahlawat, Sushil K ^a   Charabaty, Aline ^a   Benjamin, Stanley ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PERFORATION;

COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41049098804     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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