Retroperitoneal, mediastinal, and subcutaneous emphysema, complicating colonoscopy and rectal polypectomy

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 717-720

  Ballas, Konstantinos D ^a   Rafailidis, Savas F ^a   Triantaphyllou, Apostolos ^a   Symeonidis, Nikolaos ^a   Pavlidis, Theodoros E ^a   Psarras, Kyriakos ^a   Marakis, Georges N ^a   Sakadamis, Athanasios K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIET RESTRICTION; FACE EDEMA; FLUID INTAKE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PERFORATION; RECTUM POLYPECTOMY; RECTUM SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE CHANGE;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; RECTUM; RETROPNEUMOPERITONEUM; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 52449129897     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2008.0003     Document Type: Article

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