A rare complication: incarceration of a colonoscope in an inguinal hernia

Endoscopy. 2009:41 Suppl 2:E172. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1214773. Epub 2009 Jul 23.

Authors

K Kume¹, I Yoshikawa, M Harada

Affiliation

¹ Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, School of Medicine, Kitakyusyu, Japan. k-kume@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp

PMID: 19629941
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214773

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Colonoscopes*
Colonoscopy / adverse effects*
Contraindications
Hernia, Inguinal*
Humans
Male