A different type of perforation: appendicitis after colonoscopy

Physicians who perform colonoscopy should consider appendicitis in the differential diagnosis of post procedure abdominal pain. Diagnostic laparoscopy is a safe adjunct for evaluation in patients with suspected perforation after colonoscopy. It is important that all physicians be aware of this compl...

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Autores principales: Jambhekar, Amani, Robinson, Shawn, Lindborg, Ryan, Rucinski, James, Borriello, Raffaele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270418815108
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author Jambhekar, Amani
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description Physicians who perform colonoscopy should consider appendicitis in the differential diagnosis of post procedure abdominal pain. Diagnostic laparoscopy is a safe adjunct for evaluation in patients with suspected perforation after colonoscopy. It is important that all physicians be aware of this complication to ensure prompt diagnosis and intervention.
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spelling pubmed-62956882018-12-20 A different type of perforation: appendicitis after colonoscopy Jambhekar, Amani Robinson, Shawn Lindborg, Ryan Rucinski, James Borriello, Raffaele JRSM Open Case Report Physicians who perform colonoscopy should consider appendicitis in the differential diagnosis of post procedure abdominal pain. Diagnostic laparoscopy is a safe adjunct for evaluation in patients with suspected perforation after colonoscopy. It is important that all physicians be aware of this complication to ensure prompt diagnosis and intervention. SAGE Publications 2018-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6295688/ /pubmed/30574335 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270418815108 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270418815108
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