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  • Title: [Colonic perforation during diagnostic and surgical endoscopy. Experience with 5500 colonoscopies].
    Author: Ansaldo V, Cristoni M, Podestà O, Briglia R.
    Journal: Minerva Chir; 1994 Mar; 49(3):167-70. PubMed ID: 8028725.
    Abstract:
    The authors report on their experience of 5500 colonoscopies with two cases of perforation of the colon; the rarity and low morbidity and mortality of this complication, related to the experience and the technique of the endoscopist, are discussed. The renal importance of diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy is underlined.
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