Incarceration of a colonoscope in an inguinal hernia: A report of two cases

Incarceration of a colonoscope in an inguinal hernia: A report of two cases

Abstract We report two cases of the rare complication of a colonoscope incarcerated in an inguinal hernia. The first patient was a 73‐year‐old man in whom a colonoscope was incarcerated in a left inguinal hernia on attempted withdrawal. The incarcerated colonoscope was successfully reduced manually...

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Main Authors: Yuno Abe, Yuki Ohya, Osamu Nakahara, Suguru Chiyonaga, Yuto Maeda, Ryo Ichikawa, Miyuki Imamura, Satoshi Yamabe, Takeshi Morinaga, Akira Tsuji, Shintaro Hayashida, Masayoshi Iizaka, Masato Sasaki, Yukihiro Inomata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-04-01
Series:DEN Open
Subjects:
colonoscope
inguinal hernia
sigmoid colon cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/deo2.126

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https://doi.org/10.1002/deo2.126

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