Severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence

Bulking agent injected submucosally is an alternative effective treatment for faecal incontinence in elderly patients who fail conservative measures. Since most elderly patients are on antiplatelet therapy and are sometimes unaware of their medication, this can lead to serious complications.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Taggarshe, Deepa, Visco, Jeffrey J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25180215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju086
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spelling pubmed-41502562014-09-03 Severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence Taggarshe, Deepa Visco, Jeffrey J. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Bulking agent injected submucosally is an alternative effective treatment for faecal incontinence in elderly patients who fail conservative measures. Since most elderly patients are on antiplatelet therapy and are sometimes unaware of their medication, this can lead to serious complications. Oxford University Press 2014-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4150256/ /pubmed/25180215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju086 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence
title Severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence
title_full Severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence
title_fullStr Severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence
title_full_unstemmed Severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence
title_short Severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence
title_sort severe rectal haemorrhage after treatment for faecal incontinence
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25180215
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