Surgical management and outcomes of 165 colonoscopic perforations from a single institution.

Corey W Iqbal; Daniel C Cullinane; Henry J Schiller; Mark D Sawyer; Scott P Zietlow; David Farley

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Surgical management and outcomes of 165 colonoscopic perforations from a single institution.

August 6, 2008

Iqbal CW, Cullinane DC, Schiller HJ, et al. Arch Surg. 2008;143(7):701-6; discussion 706-7.

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Bowel perforation after colonoscopy occurred in fewer than 1 of 1000 patients, but was associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality.

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