Colonoscopy-related injury among colonoscopists: an international survey

Splenic Injury: An Unusual Complication of Colonoscopy

Splenic injury following colonoscopy.

Splenic injury following colonoscopy is rare but can be fatal and easily overlooked. A case of colonoscopic splenic injury is presented to highlight its potentially fatal complication. The risk factors, underlying mechanism, possible measures of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are also discussed.

Splenic Injury after Elective Colonoscopy

Splenic injury is a rare but serious complication of colonoscopy. Since the mid-1970s, 68 splenic injuries during colonoscopy including our 2 cases have been described. With the increasing use of colonoscopy, endoscopists, surgeons, and radiologists are more likely to encounter this unusual complication. Any cause of increased splenocolic adhesions, splenomegaly, or underlying splenic disease m...

Colonic adenomas--a colonoscopy survey.

A colonoscopy survey of 620 patients with 1049 colon adenomas showed a predominantly left-sided distribution (77%). Of these lesions 97% were amenable to endoscopic removal or ablation. Sixty per cent of patients presented with rectal bleeding as their major symptom. There was agreement between radiology and colonoscopy in only 62% of patients, as many of the studies were single contrast barium...

Injury prevention education in medical schools: an international survey of medical students.

BACKGROUND Injuries account for an estimated 9% of global mortality. Health professionals worldwide receive little formal injury prevention training, especially in developing countries. OBJECTIVE To identify injury prevention training topics taught in a sample of medical schools throughout the world. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross sectional survey of 82 medical schools from 31 countries. Based on...