Endoscopic repair of post-polypectomy colonic perforation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2869-2870

  Lin, Christine F ^a   Cohen, Greg S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOMA; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; AGED; CAUTERY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72049088534     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.423     Document Type: Letter

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