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[Pneumothorax following preventive colonoscopy].

Abstract

Pneumothorax represents an extremely rare but serious and potentially life-threatening complication of colonoscopy. Here we report an unusual case of contralateral pneumothorax accompanying a perforation of the splenic flexure after preventive colonoscopy in a young outpatient.

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Year: 2009 PMID： 19190885 DOI： 10.1007/s00104-008-1665-9

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chirurg ISSN： 0009-4722 Impact factor: 0.955

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[Pneumothorax following preventive colonoscopy].

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