A study, published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt, examined complication rates after patients underwent a colonoscopy screening. Nadine Zwink, PhD, of the Heidelberg, Germany-based German Cancer Research ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed adding a claims-based quality reporting measure for colonoscopy to the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (QPR) program. The proposed ...

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 ...

Travis Barker attends the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 27.VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images Travis Barker's hospitalization is reportedly due to pancreatitis ...

Dear Dr. Roach: A letter that appeared in your column recently surprised me greatly. The writer, who was 86, referred to having a colonoscopy “two years ago.” I am 93, and about 15 years ago I was ...

Complications can occur because of physician error, and can include blunt trauma from the endoscope, unintended resection or dissection of tissue or injuries during polyp snare. More than 14 million ...

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 ...

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: ...

An axial view of a CT scan of the patient's pelvis shows free air in the left hemiscrotum (Panel A, arrow). An axial view shows diverticular disease affecting the distal colon and widespread gas in ...

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