Year 2015 / Volume 107 / Number 11
Letter to the Editor
Splenic rupture after colorectal cancer screening

705-706

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2015.3714/2015

María José García García, Ramón Castañera González, Berta Martín Rivas, Marcos Gómez Ruiz, Montserrat Rivero Tirado,

Abstract
The number of colonoscopies performed in recent years is increasing dramatically, specially those related to colorectal cancer screening programmes. For this reason, there is a direct relationship with the number of exceptional complications such as splenic rupture. We describe a clinical case of a splenic rupture with hemodynamic instability. Consequently, an emergency splenectomy was performed 6 hours after the colonoscopy was finished. Health staff should be aware of its existence, as an early reaction will avoid more severe problems.
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Publication history

Received: 04/02/2015

Accepted: 08/04/2015

Online First: 15/09/2015

Published: 30/10/2015

Article revision time: 22 days

Article Online First time: 223 days

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