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2009
DOI: 10.1308/147870809x400994
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Splenic injury following colonoscopy – an underdiagnosed, but soon to increase, phenomenon?

Abstract: A 71-year-old woman presented to the emergency department, 6 days following a diagnostic colonoscopy (arranged following a routine-surveillance, positive, faecal occult blood test). She complained of lower abdominal pain and left-sided chest and shoulder pain, beginning on the first day following colonoscopy, associated with looking pale and feeling lethargic. Her general practitioner (GP) had prescribed oral antibiotics for a presumed lower respiratory tract infection.Her past medical history included atrial … Show more

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“…However, this may be less of a risk factor, but rather an indicator of the patient population undergoing colonoscopies. The use of anticoagulants has been reported in some of the previous cases, but does not correlate with splenic injury (12). Approximately half of the patients with splenic injury were reported to have undergone previous abdominal surgery (13).…”
Section: A B Cmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, this may be less of a risk factor, but rather an indicator of the patient population undergoing colonoscopies. The use of anticoagulants has been reported in some of the previous cases, but does not correlate with splenic injury (12). Approximately half of the patients with splenic injury were reported to have undergone previous abdominal surgery (13).…”
Section: A B Cmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Die Letalität bei Milzruptur nach Koloskopie wird mit rund 8% in der Literatur angegeben [1,12]. Seit Erstbeschreibung 1974 wurden weltweit lediglich rund 90 Fälle berichtet [1,3,14].…”
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“…an der Milzkapsel [1,2,3,7]. Auch externer Druck und Manipulationen während der Koloskopie stellen einen prädisponierenden Faktor für eine Milzverletzung dar [5,6,8,11,12]. Diese Faktoren ließen sich auch für den vorliegenden Fallbericht in Form einer erschwerten Koloskopie und einer stattgehabten Laparotomie vor 30 Jahren feststellen.…”
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