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 ...

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 ...

Snoring while under conscious sedation during colonoscopy is a strong predictor of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a recent study by Ala Sharara et al. “Although snoring is commonly ...

A hearing-impaired doctor was placed on probation after Florida health officials said he began performing a colonoscopy without his hearing aids and did not know the patient was not fully sedated ...

Emergency colonoscopy revealed need for a resection; 'I'm very, very blessed' Beth Grenham (left) is grateful for the care ...