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Splenic Injury After Colonoscopy in a 55-Year-Old Female Patient

Colonoscopy is, in general, a relatively safe procedure with a low complication rate. Splenic injury related to this procedure is very rare, ranging from one in 100,000 to one in 6,387 colonoscopies, but a possibly lethal complication. For its diagnosis, a high degree of clinical suspicion is needed...

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Autores principales: Galanis, Ilias, Simou, Magdalini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10038689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36968869
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35239