Feb. 4, 2003 — Risk of perforation from colonoscopy is twice that from sigmoidoscopy, according to the results of a population-based study reported in the Feb. 5 issue of the Journal of the National ...

As the gold standard for colon cancer, colonoscopies are often the subject of malpractice cases for gastroenterologists, according to a blog post from law firm Miller & Zois. Here are five things to ...

Varut Lohsiriwat; Sasithorn Sujarittanakarn; Thawatchai Akaraviputh; Narong Lertakyamanee; Darin Lohsiriwat; Udom Kachinthorn A tendency toward increased likelihood of CP in our study has also been ...

Researchers looked at nearly 1 million colonoscopies performed in Sweden over a 16-year span, including inpatient and outpatient procedures. Rates of bleeding and perforation were found to be lower in ...

Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that medical providers committed malpractice by causing spleen injury during a colonoscopy and bowel perforation during a procedure to examine the bile ducts and ...

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The risk of perforation to the colon after a sigmoidoscopy, although small, is about half the risk of a perforation after a colonoscopy, according to a new study comparing the two procedures used for ...