Endoscopic management of iatrogenic colon perforation during colonoscopy

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-186

  Gosen, Christine ^a   Poulose, Benjamin ^a   Trunzo, Joseph ^a   Marks, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC COLON PERFORATION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; COLON; INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MEDICAL ERROR;

COLON; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 65249114724     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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