Splenic injury due to colonoscopy: Analysis of the world literature, a new case report, and recommendations for management

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1198-1204

  Michetti, Christopher P ^a   Smeltzer, Emily ^a   Fakhry, Samir M ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDLINE; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY;

COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 78651377033     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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