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Complications of colonoscopy can be divided into three main categories: bleeding, perforation, and postpolypectomy syndrome. Several techniques can be undertaken to decrease the likelihood of complications such as diligent use of electrocautery, avoidance of blind pushing while performing colonoscopy, and deceasing looping. When complications do occur, management varies from conservative to minimally invasive techniques to operative exploration with stoma. As surgery becomes less invasive so too has the management of complications with control of bleeding and repair of perforation becoming less invasive with time. Management algorithms for bleeding and perforation secondary to diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy are presented with this chapter.
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Saur, N.M., Bleier, J.I.S. (2017). How to Avoid Complications/Treatment of Endoscopic Complications. In: Lee, S., Ross, H., Rivadeneira, D., Steele, S., Feingold, D. (eds) Advanced Colonoscopy and Endoluminal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48370-2_20
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