Medico-legal considerations in a case of splenic injury that occurred during colonoscopy

被引：12

作者：

Zandona, Chiara ^{[1
]}

Turrina, Stefania ^{[1
]}

Pasin, Nicole ^{[1
]}

De Leo, Domenico ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Verona, Inst Legal Med, Dept Publ Hlth & Community Med, Policlin GB Rossi, I-37134 Verona, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE | 2012年 / 19卷 / 04期

关键词：

Colonoscopy; Splenic injury; Complication; Medical professional liability; RUPTURE FOLLOWING COLONOSCOPY; UNUSUAL COMPLICATION; RARE COMPLICATION; TRAUMA; HEMATOMA; SPLEEN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jflm.2011.12.035

中图分类号：

DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];

学科分类号：

0301 ; 10 ;

摘要：

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. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：229 / 233

页数：5

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