Saunders M P
Department of Surgery, Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust, London.
Br J Clin Pract. 1995 May-Jun;49(3):157-8.
Incarceration of the colonoscope, within an undetected left-sided inguinal hernia, is a rarely reported event. The literature is reviewed, a possible mechanism described, and the technique used to remove the colonoscope outlined.