Rectal Perforation by Retroflexion of the Colonoscope Managed by Endoclip Closure

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-110

  Sullivan, Jennifer L ^a   Maxwell IV, Pinckney J ^a   Kastenberg, David M ^a   Goldstein, Scott D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE POLYP; LETTER; MALE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM PERFORATION; RESOLUTION CLIP; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SUTURE;

COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SUTURES;

EID: 77949316084     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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