TY - JOUR T1 - [Colonic perforation in patients undergoing colonoscopy]. AU - Sivelli,R, AU - Del Rio,P, AU - Dalla Valle,R, AU - Sianesi,M, PY - 2001/7/17/pubmed PY - 2002/1/5/medline PY - 2001/7/17/entrez SP - 365 EP - 8 JF - Chirurgia italiana JO - Chir Ital VL - 53 IS - 3 N2 - Colonic perforations associated with colonoscopy are uncommon. We determined the incidence, clinical presentation, and medical and surgical treatments of iatrogenic colon perforations. We present the medical records of 8 patients with iatrogenic colorectal perforations seen over a period of 17 years. The median age 68.3 years. Emergency laparotomy was performed in 7 patients. One case was treated with a medical approach. One postoperative death occurred. In the absence of significant contamination primary repair is the best treatment. Non-operative management is indicated in patients without peritoneal irritation. SN - 0009-4773 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/11452822/[Colonic_perforation_in_patients_undergoing_colonoscopy]_ L2 - https://medlineplus.gov/colonoscopy.html DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -