Splenic injury after colonoscopy: Case report and review of literature

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-281

  Shankar, Suven ^a   Rowe, Stephen ^b  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Hemodynamic instability; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE ADHESION;

EID: 80052778461     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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