Safety of colonic tattoo with sterile carbon particle suspension: A proposed guideline with illustrative cases

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 214-218

  Moss, Alan ^a   Bourke, Michael John ^a   Pathmanathan, Nim ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INDIAN INK; STERILE CARBON PARTICLE SUSPENSION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLON TATTOO; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONITIS; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; TATTOOING;

EID: 79959732587     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.01.056     Document Type: Article

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