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Electrical ileal perforation: An unusual complication of colonoscopy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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A case of electrical burn perforation of the ileum is described, occurring after colonoscopic snare polypectomy from the left colon. An adequate explanation of the cause of this complication has yet to be determined.

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  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, T.E. Schumpert Hospital, Shreveport, Louisiana

    L. H. Erdman M.D., H. W. Boggs Jr. M.D. & G. W. Slagle M.D.

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  1. L. H. Erdman M.D.
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Reported at the meeting of the Colonoscopy Congress, Miami, Florida, March 1978.

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Erdman, L.H., Boggs, H.W. & Slagle, G.W. Electrical ileal perforation: An unusual complication of colonoscopy. Dis Colon Rectum 22, 501–502 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586942

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