Successful endoscopic repair of an iatrogenic colonic perforation during diagnostic colonoscopy

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-389

  Lee, Seung Hwa ^a   Cheong, Yoo Seock ^a  

^a Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case report; Colonoscopy; Endoscopic repair; Gastrointestinal tract; Iatrogenic colonic perforation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION;

EID: 84861884867     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110070     Document Type: Article

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