Table 1.
Characteristics | Data |
CP | 15 cases |
Incidence of CP | |
Overall endoscopy (n = 17 357) | 0.09 |
Colonoscopy (n = 13 699) | 0.10 |
Flexible sigmoidoscopy (n = 3658) | 0.03 |
Site of perforation | |
Sigmoid colon | 12 (80) |
Transverse colon | 2 (13) |
Ascending colon | 1 (7) |
Mechanism of perforation | |
Direct injury from shaft of scope | 7 (47) |
Direct injury from tip of scope | 5 (33) |
Polypectomy | 3 (20) |
Surgical management1 | |
Primary suture of the perforation | 4 (27) |
Resection with primary anastomosis | 4 (27) |
Resection without anastomosis | 7 (47) |
Four patients (27%) had concomitant colorectal cancer.