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 ...
Over a 3.5-year period, 10,124 endoscopic procedures of the colon ... 14 from colonoscopy and one from flexible sigmoidoscopy. None occurred during emergency endoscopy. All the perforations ...
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 ...