Endoscopic retrieval of foreign bodies from the rectum
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 30 (11) , 902-904
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02555435
Abstract
A technique is described and illustrated by case reports wherein revoval of foreign bodies of the rectum is simplified by using the flexible sigmoidscope. Evidence from the literature indicates that delayed perforaton is rare in this situation, and that outpatient management would suffer for most patients.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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