Go to todayilearned by • TIL that in the 1970s a person died due to gas in their colon exploded during colonoscopy with electrocautery. Colonic gas explosion is very rare these days, due to better bowel preparation (see the first citation for the fatal case study). #ifttt #reddit #til

Reddit - Dive into anything Go to todayilearned by • TIL that in the 1970s a person died due to gas in their colon exploded during colonoscopy with electrocautery. Colonic gas explosion is very rare these days, due to better bowel preparation (see the first citation for the fatal case study). Tags: ifttt, reddit, til via Pocket https://ift.tt/MZ572Jh May 22, 2023 at 05:44AM