Minute perforation after argon plasma coagulation for management of small colonic polyps
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Minute perforation after argon plasma coagulation for management of small colonic polyps.
month history of chronic constipation and abdominal bloating. Because of concern about a colorectal lesion, colonoscopy was done and hundreds of small polyps were found throughout the colon, most being less than 4mm in diameter. Some of the bigger polyps were removed by polypectomy andwere found at pathologic examination to be tubular adenoma. As the patient was unwilling to undergo a rectum-pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214432