title: Recto-sigmoid polypectomy by a handmade snare: experience of 24 children with bleeding per rectum.
abstract: A handmade snare is designed from easily available materials to treat bleeding per rectum in children due to rectosigmoid polyps. A total of 29 polypectomies were done in 24 patients. It is simple, effective, safe and economic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Gawahati Medical College, Gauhati, Assam, India.
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery*; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome