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Polypectomies: colonic endoscopic resections
S C Nahas1, P R Alves, M R Borba
1Division of Coloproctology, Hospital das Clínicas University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil.
Arquivos De Gastroenterologia
|February 7, 2001
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.