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Case Reports
. 1979 Oct;22(7):501-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF02586942.

Electrical ileal perforation: an unusual complication of colonoscopy

L H Erdman, H W Boggs Jr, G W Slagle
Case Reports

Electrical ileal perforation: an unusual complication of colonoscopy

L H Erdman et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 1979 Oct.

Abstract

A case of electrical burn perforation of the ileum is described, occurring after colonoscopic snare polypectomy from the left colon. An adequate explanation of the cause of this complication has yet to be determined.

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