title: [Complications of endoscopic procedures].
abstract: Endoscopic procedures became the widely accepted standard diagnostic tool used in diagnostics and treatment of gastrointestinal tract diseases. There are complications associated these procedures are quite rare but can be very serious and even life-threatening. The following paper presents the current knowledge about the prevalence, risk factors and the character of these complications. We should distinguish complications connected with the upper GI endoscopy, complications of colonoscopy and complications connected with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic sphincteropapillotomy (ES) procedures.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Gastroenterologii CSK MON WIM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jałocha
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wojtuń
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gil
mesh_terms: D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*