title: Adverse events related to colonic endoscopic mucosal resection and polypectomy.
abstract: Colonoscopy is a commonly performed procedure. The rate of adverse events is 2.8 per 1000 screening colonoscopies. These adverse events include cardiovascular and pulmonary events, abdominal pain, hemorrhage, perforation, postpolypectomy syndrome, infection, and death. Serious adverse events, such as hemorrhage and perforation, occur most frequently when colonoscopy is performed with polypectomy. This article highlights the prevention and management of adverse events associated with polypectomy and endoscopic mucosal resection of colonic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, Herbert Irving Pavilion, Suite 862, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: asethimd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Louis M Wong Kee
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000601:surgery*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Adverse events; Endoscopic closure; Endoscopic hemostasis; Endoscopic mucosal resection; Perforation; Polypectomy; Postpolypectomy bleeding; Postpolypectomy syndrome