Colonoscopy-associated perforation: A 7-year survey of in-hospital frequency, treatment and outcome in a German university hospital

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1121-1125

  Hagel, A F ^a   Boxberger, F ^a   Dauth, W ^b   Kessler, H P ^a   Neurath, M F ^a   Raithel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy associated perforations; Frequency; Treatment and outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY ASSOCIATED PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; COLONOSCOPY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865404889     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02899.x     Document Type: Article

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