KIKUCHI Ken
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Frequent occurrence of fever in patients who have undergone endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal tumor, but bacteremia is not a significant cause.
Journal Formal name:Surgical endoscopy
Abbreviation:Surg Endosc
ISSN code:(1432-2218)0930-2794(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 28(10),pp.2899-904
Author and coauthor Izumi Kentaro, Osada Taro, Sakamoto Naoto, Kodani Tomohiro, Higashihara Yoshie, Ritsuno Hideaki, Shibuya Tomoyoshi, Nagahara Akihito, Ogihara Tatsuo, Kikuchi Ken, Watanabe Sumio
Publication date 2014/10
Summary This study indicated that older patients and patients with large tumors were more likely to develop post-ESD fever, but there was a low probability that bacteremia was the cause of fever.
DOI 10.1007/s00464-014-3551-5
PMID 24853844