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01.09.2003 | Case report
Mechanical small bowel obstruction precipitated by colonoscopy
verfasst von:
K. Raghavendran, J. M. Novak, J. L. Amodeo, M. N. Kulaylat
Erschienen in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Ausgabe 9/2003
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Abstract
Mechanical small bowel obstruction (SBO) is rare complication of colonoscopy. We present a patient who developed SBO 24 h after surveillance colonoscopy. Four years prior to this procedure, he had undergone augmentation cecocystoplasty with continent ileal conduit. He subsequently underwent laparotomy and lysis of a band adhesion that caused extrinsic compression of the ileum proximal to ileotransverse colostomy. We further review the literature, describe the salient features of colononoscopy-induced bowel obstruction, and identify the risk factors for this unusual complication.