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Acquiring Tetanus After Hemorrhoid Banding and Other Gastrointestinal Procedures

Tetanus after hemorrhoidal banding is an extremely rare but serious complication of the procedure. We describe the second reported case of this complication and review the literature concerning tetanus after different gastrointestinal procedures. Although a rare complication, practicing physicians n...

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Autores principales: Kasher, John Afshin, Mathisen, Glenn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17436138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11605-006-0079-6