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Survival after colonic perforation during barium-enema examination

1983; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 26; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/bf02562589

1530-0358

Thomas G. Hardy, Rene F. Hartmann, Pedro Serrano Aguilar, William R. Stewart,

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

Experience with five patients with perforation of the colon, at the time of barium-enema examination, is presented. Details of management are described. Four of five patients survived while the other survived without sequela of infection until hemiplegia and pneumonia supervened two and 36 days, respectively, postoperatively.