| Medico-legal considerations in a case of splenic injury that occurred during colonoscopy. | |
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PMID: 22520377 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Colonoscopy has became the gold standard diagnostic and therapeutic treatment for rectum and colon diseases. The splenic injury is a rare complication of colonoscopy and relatively few cases (less than 70) have been reported in the literature so far. Here we present a case of splenic rupture identified in an 80 year-old man few hours after an apparently uneventful colonoscopy. Acknowledging a causal relationship between the lesion and the diagnostic procedures, we discuss the possible medico-legal implications with regard to professional liability considering the exceptional nature of such an event and the stance recently taken by the Italian law. |
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Chiara Zandonà; Stefania Turrina; Nicole Pasin; Domenico De Leo |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2012-01-13 |
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Title: Journal of forensic and legal medicine Volume: 19 ISSN: 1878-7487 ISO Abbreviation: J Forensic Leg Med Publication Date: 2012 May |
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Created Date: 2012-04-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101300022 Medline TA: J Forensic Leg Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 229-33 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy. |
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