title: [The complications of diagnostic colonoscopy].
abstract: Major complications of diagnostic colonoscopy based on a series of 17.583 procedures performed from 1980 throughout 1991 are reported. No higher risk of colon perforation was registered either performing total or partial colonoscopy, for the site of perforation was in most cases the sigmoid colon.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di III Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Raschellá
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boccaccini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarpitti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Picchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peparini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pasta
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Le complicanze della colonscopia diagnostica.