title: [Complications in 39,397 endoscopic studies--a 7-year prospective documentation on method and incidence].
abstract: All complications of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures from Feb. 1, 1982, to Jan. 31, 1989, at the Medical Department I of the Ludwigsburg hospital were reviewed. Complications occurred in 0.02% of all esophago-gastroduodenoscopies, in 0.09% of all endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreaticographies and in 0.05% of all colonoscopies. Rectos-copies and laparoscopies have to date been performed without complications. For therapeutic endoscopic procedures, the incidence of complications varies depending on the type of procedure performed. In 1.2% of gastric polypectomies, in 0.52% of colonic polypectomies and in 2.22% after endoscopic papillotomy complications occurred. In summary, both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy with adequate training can be considered as very safe procedures and only rarely leading to complications or death.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I, Krankenanstalten Ludwigsburg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frühmorgen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pfähler
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Komplikationen bei 39397 endoskopischen Untersuchungen--eine 7jährige prospektive Dokumentation über Art und Häufigkeit.