title: Management of major complications encountered with flexible colonoscopy.
abstract: Management of 65 consecutive complications associated with flexible colonoscopic procedures is reported. The data show that surgical intervention is rarely necessary to manage hemorrhage following polypectomies, whether this occurs immediately after the procedure or is delayed. Free colonic perforations sustained during endoscopic procedures can be managed safely with primary rather than staged surgical procedures. Microperforations may be treated successfully with or without antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies