Tension pneumothorax, pneumoretroperitoneum, and subcutaneous emphysema after colonoscopic polypectomy: A case report and review of the literature

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Ignjatović, Mile ^a   Jović, Jasna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Colon; Colonoscopy; Etiology; Injuries; Intestinal perforation; Pneumothorax; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

CHEST TUBES; COLON, SIGMOID; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROPNEUMOPERITONEUM; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 55849114434     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-008-0309-3     Document Type: Article

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