Journal article
Post-polypectomy electrocoagulation syndrome: a rare cause of acute abdominal pain
Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, v 5(5), 29147
01 Jan 2015
PMID: 26486121
Abstract
While generally safe, the most feared complication of colonoscopy is perforation of the colon, occurring in nearly 1 in 1,000 procedures, and is more common when polypectomy is performed and electrocautery is used. Less commonly known is the post-polypectomy electrocoagulation syndrome, a transmural burn of the colon which mimics the signs and symptoms of perforation as well as the time course, but follows a benign course and can be treated conservatively.
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- Title
- Post-polypectomy electrocoagulation syndrome: a rare cause of acute abdominal pain
- Creators
- Asad Jehangir (Corresponding Author) - Reading HospitalKyle M. Bennett - Reading HospitalAndrew C. Rettew - Reading HospitalOpeyemi Fadahunsi - Reading HospitalBilal Shaikh - Reading HospitalAnthony Donato - Reading Hospital
- Publication Details
- Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, v 5(5), 29147
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Medicine (Graduate); General Internal Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000370729300017
- Other Identifier
- 991022161732004721