title: Balloon tamponade to control haemorrhage following transanal rectal surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bleeding following transanal rectal surgery can be difficult to manage.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case where a Minnesota tube was used to achieve haemostasis in a patient with severe bleeding after transanal excision of a large dysplastic polyp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D018253:Adenoma, Villous / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002404:Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*