Splenic hemorrhage: An unexpected complication after colonoscopy

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 450-452

  Parker, William T ^a   Edwards, Michael A ^a   Bittner IV, James G ^a   Mellinger, John D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENTEROSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN SURGERY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANASTOMOSIS; COLOSTOMY; HEMATOMA; ILEUM DISEASE; INJURY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLOSTOMY; HEMATOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 44649122178     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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