Polypectomies: colonic endoscopic resections

Arq Gastroenterol. 1999 Jul-Sep;36(3):133-8.

Abstract

The authors present their experience with 924 colonoscopic polypectomies in 549 patients. Postpolypectomy bleeding was 0.36% without perforations. Complications associated with the procedure are analyzed; evaluating the risk, diagnosis and treatment based on a survey of the literature and personal experience.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Colonic Polyps / surgery*
  • Colonoscopy / methods
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Video-Assisted Surgery