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Colonic perforation during barium enema in a patient without known colonic disease: a case report

The barium enema is a safe and accurate diagnostic study of the colon but, in rare cases, causes complications, such as colonic perforation. A colon weakened by iatrogenic trauma due to the enema tip and/or retention balloon, or by disease is more likely to perforate during an enema than is a normal...

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Autores principales: Yaşar, Necdet Fatih, İhtiyar, Enver
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918538
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6716