Pielęgniarstwo Chirurgiczne i Angiologiczne

Abstract

2/2014 vol. 8
Case report

Severe complications following diagnostic colonoscopy: a report of two cases

Pielęgniarstwo Chirurgiczne i Angiologiczne 2014; 2: 82–84
Online publish date: 2014/05/20
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Colonic perforation after diagnostic colonoscopy is an unusual complication. We would like to present two clinical cases of these unfavorable outcomes: first with bilateral pneumothorax, pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum and second with a cardiac arrest due to tension pneumothorax with pneumomediastinum and pneumoperitoneum. To our knowledge, there are less than five such cases described so far.
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