Splenic rupture after colonoscopy: A case report

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kiosoglous, Anthony J ^a   Varghese, Raphael ^a   Memon, Muhammed Ashraf ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Computerized tomography; Splenectomy; Splenic tear

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILEUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68549115375     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181a1439a     Document Type: Article

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