Lewis S R, Ohio D, Rowley G
A&E Department, Wirral University Teaching Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Emerg Med J. 2009 Feb;26(2):147. doi: 10.1136/emj.2008.061200.
Injury resulting from colonoscopy is rare. Bleeding and perforation are the most serious complications. The case history is described of a patient who developed splenic rupture following screening colonoscopy with associated polypectomy.
