Splenic injury as a complication of colonoscopy: A case series

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1604-1605

  Rao, Kiran V ^a,b   Beri, Gagan D ^a   Sterling, Mark J ^a   Salen, Gerald ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PROPOFOL;

BLEEDING; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SMOKING; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SPLEEN;

EID: 66949161212     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.94     Document Type: Letter

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