Splenic rupture following colonoscopy, a rare complication

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 230-233

  De Vries, J ^a   Ronnen, H R ^a   Oomen, A P A ^a   Linskens, R K ^a  

^a ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Complications; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPECTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTOR; SPLENIC RUPTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 68149126274     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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