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2022 Aug 05


Medicine (Baltimore)


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Small bowel perforation caused by thermal injury during colonic polypectomy: A case report and literature review.

Authors

Yuan C, Xu K, Yang G-D, Xi C-H, Lin X-M
Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Aug 05; 101(31):e29681.
PMID: 35945727.

Abstract

Iatrogenic gastrointestinal perforation is a known uncommon complication of colonoscopy. The perforation usually occurs in the colon itself. Rarely, colonoscopic procedures can also cause the perforations of the small intestine.