Iatrogenic Severe Splenic Injury after Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy is a low-risk procedure performed for screening and diagnostic purposes. About 15 million colonoscopies were carried out in the United States in 2012 with this number projected to increase. Injury to the spleen as a complication of colonoscopy is still a rather rare occurrence. We report...
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| author | Ikponmwosa Enofe Jacob Burch Julie Yam Manoj Rai |
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| description | Colonoscopy is a low-risk procedure performed for screening and diagnostic purposes. About 15 million colonoscopies were carried out in the United States in 2012 with this number projected to increase. Injury to the spleen as a complication of colonoscopy is still a rather rare occurrence. We report a case of significant splenic injury, American Association of Surgery for Trauma (AAST) grade III with hemoperitoneum, in a patient following diagnostic colonoscopy, managed conservatively without the need for invasive or salvage surgical procedure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-481864d87c4d482b9cf5c44f915271f12025-02-03T05:51:16ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88247208824720Iatrogenic Severe Splenic Injury after ColonoscopyIkponmwosa Enofe0Jacob Burch1Julie Yam2Manoj Rai3Internal Medicine Resident, Michigan State University, Sparrow Hospital, East Lansing, MI, USAInternal Medicine Resident, Michigan State University, Sparrow Hospital, East Lansing, MI, USAGastroenterology Fellow, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAInternal Medicine Resident, Michigan State University, Sparrow Hospital, East Lansing, MI, USAColonoscopy is a low-risk procedure performed for screening and diagnostic purposes. About 15 million colonoscopies were carried out in the United States in 2012 with this number projected to increase. Injury to the spleen as a complication of colonoscopy is still a rather rare occurrence. We report a case of significant splenic injury, American Association of Surgery for Trauma (AAST) grade III with hemoperitoneum, in a patient following diagnostic colonoscopy, managed conservatively without the need for invasive or salvage surgical procedure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8824720 |
| spellingShingle | Ikponmwosa Enofe Jacob Burch Julie Yam Manoj Rai Iatrogenic Severe Splenic Injury after Colonoscopy Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Iatrogenic Severe Splenic Injury after Colonoscopy |
| title_full | Iatrogenic Severe Splenic Injury after Colonoscopy |
| title_fullStr | Iatrogenic Severe Splenic Injury after Colonoscopy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Iatrogenic Severe Splenic Injury after Colonoscopy |
| title_short | Iatrogenic Severe Splenic Injury after Colonoscopy |
| title_sort | iatrogenic severe splenic injury after colonoscopy |
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