Chung Heiwon, Yuschak James V, Kukora John S
Department of Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dis Colon Rectum. 2003 Oct;46(10):1416-7. doi: 10.1007/s10350-004-6759-y.
After screening colonoscopy, a 65-year-old female developed small-bowel obstruction as demonstrated on abdominal CT scan. The obstruction was caused by a large herniation of the small intestine seemingly caused by the colonoscopic procedure. This is only the second report in the literature of incarcerated intestinal hernia as a complication of colonoscopy.