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Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences 10/2007

01-10-2007

Abdominal Pain After Colonoscopy: Can It Be Acute Cholecystitis?

Authors: Faisal Aziz, Perry Milman, John McNelis

Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences | Issue 10/2007

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Colonoscopy is a common procedure performed by gastroenterologists and general surgeons. Currently over 500,000 colonoscopies are performed each year in the United States. The incidence of complications of any nature varies from 0.1% to 1.9% [1]. Perforation and hemorrhage are the most common complications of this procedure. We describe our unique experience with two patients who developed acute cholecystitis 24–72 hr after colonoscopy. These two cases are presented and the relatively sparse medical literature on this subject is reviewed. …
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Title
Abdominal Pain After Colonoscopy: Can It Be Acute Cholecystitis?
Authors
Faisal Aziz
Perry Milman
John McNelis
Publication date
01-10-2007
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Digestive Diseases and Sciences / Issue 10/2007
Print ISSN: 0163-2116
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2568
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-007-9746-z

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