Successful closure of a rectovaginal fistula by using an endoscopically placed Resolution clip

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1192-1195

  John, Bijo K ^a   Cortes, Rafael A ^a   Feinerman, Arthur ^a   Somnay, Kaumudi ^a  

^a NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLIP; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DIVERTICULITIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; HEART INFARCTION; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RESOLUTION CLIP; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44349092433     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.12.057     Document Type: Article

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