10,124 endoscopic procedures of the colon (8,987 colonoscopies and 1,137 flexible sigmoidoscopies) were performed. There were 15 colonic perforations (0.15%). Colonoscopy had a slightly higher ...
We carried out an analysis of all patients who underwent either colonoscopy or flexible ... end points of the study were endoscopic perforation of the colon. Risk factors for such a complication ...
as well as perforation…or poking a hole somewhere in the bowel. However this is extremely rare. It happens in one percent of the patients. The beautiful thing about colonoscopy is that we can ...