Aras, A.Oran, E.Seyit, H.Karabulut, M.Gök, I.Aliş, H.2025-05-102025-05-1020161530-451510.1097/SLE.00000000000002202-s2.0-84958042327https://doi.org/10.1097/SLE.0000000000000220https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/4986The aim of this study was to describe our experience in patients treated with the diagnosis of colonoscopic perforation. A retrospective institutional computer-based search of the patients treated with the diagnosis of colonoscopic perforation between July 2009 and May 2014 was undertaken. Our study included 16 patients. In 9 (56%) patients, perforations occurred during the diagnostic colonoscopy. Snare polypectomy was the causative factor in 5 patients associated with therapeutic colonoscopy. The perforation was significantly higher in patients who underwent therapeutic colonoscopy than those had diagnostic colonoscopy (P<0.007). The sigmoid colon was the most common perforation site (62.5%). Twelve patients (75%) were treated by surgically, 3 (19%) patients by conservatively, and 1 (6%) by endoscopic clipping. Early recognition of the perforation is critical. Therefore, a high index of suspicion is essential for the prompt and accurate diagnosis. Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessColonoscopic PerforationColonoscopyComplicationArticle261Q4Q244482667968226679682WOS:000375053200015