June 25 (UPI) --Just under 4 percent of adults who undergo their first colonoscopy experience complications after the procedure, according to a study published Thursday by JAMA Network Open. Those who ...

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Complications that put patients in the hospital occur after 1 in 200 colonoscopies with biopsy or polyp removal, a CDC-funded study shows. When there's no biopsy or polyp removal, these serious ...

Thirteen people in New York died and 11 suffered lacerated spleens in 2008 and 2009 as a direct result of a colonoscopy, a Long Island physician found in a major analysis of state data. The research ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients with inflammatory bowel disease were significantly more likely to have complications after colonoscopy than patients without IBD, according to a poster presentation at ...

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During colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer and in the four weeks after the procedure, the risk for complications to develop is low. This is the finding of a prospective cohort study conducted in ...

Average prices are substantially higher but rates of complications are similar in hospital-based vs freestanding surgery centers for colonoscopy, arthroscopy, and cataract removal surgery. Objectives: ...

The overall risk of complications after colonoscopy increases when individuals receive anesthesia services, according to a study in Gastroenterology. Researchers analyzed administrative claims data ...

ORLANDO -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) had more complications requiring hospitalization or emergency department (ED) care after colonoscopy than patients without IBD, according to ...