Splenic rupture: An uncommon complication after colonoscopy

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-261

  Patselas, Timothy N ^a   Gallagher, Edgar G ^a  

^a Onslow Surgical Clinic PA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; PAIN; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; VACCINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 65449185379     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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