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Risk of colon perforation during colonoscopy at Baylor University Medical Center.
Proceedings of the Baylor University Medical Center 2015 January
Colonoscopy is an important procedure in preventing colon cancer. The risk of colonic perforation during colonoscopy at the Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) Gastrointestinal Laboratory was chosen as a surrogate marker for the safety of colonoscopy. A recent 2-year experience at BUMC was examined and compared with reports in the medical literature. The results are presented here along with a discussion of problems inherent with different health care systems and their ability to accurately track complications. It was concluded that colonoscopy at BUMC is as safe as that reported by comparable health care systems. The risk of perforation at BUMC was 0.57 per 1000 procedures or 1 in 1750 colonoscopies. Continued efforts to make colonoscopy safer are needed.
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