Colonic 'gas blast' in Swedish hospital

Monday, December 19, 2011 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

MOTALA, Sweden, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A routine bowel procedure in Sweden was interrupted by a "powerful blast" likely caused by a buildup of methane gas in the patient's intestines, doctors said.

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