Journal of Surgery

Vanessa Cubas

Publications

• Case Report
  Pain in the Neck Following Colonoscopy
  Author(s): Vanessa Cubas and Peter William WaterlandVanessa Cubas and Peter William Waterland
  
  Colonoscopy remains a widely used diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. However, like any invasive investigation it has the potential of complications; extraperitoneal perforation with pneumoretroperitoneum and subcutaneous emphysema being an extremely rare example. We report such a case in a57 year old woman who presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and diffuse chest, neck and facial surgical emphysema following a routine colonoscopy with hot snarepolypectomy... Read More»
  

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