Incidence and management of colonoscopic perforations: 8 years’ experience

Table 1 Reported colonoscopic perforation rates and management

Author	Timeinterval(yr)	No. ofcolonoscopies	Perforation	Mortality n (%)
				Operative	Non op.
Anderson et al[7]	10	10 486	20 (0.19)	19 (1)	1 (1)
Araghizadeh et al[9]	30	34 620	31 (0.09)	20 (0)	11 (1)1
Farley et al[10]	16	57 028	43 + 22 (0.075)	42 (0)	3 (0)
Christie et al[12]	10	4784	7 (0.15)	2 (0)	5 (0)
Hall et al[14]	6	17 500	15 (0.09)	14 (0)	1 (0)
	(4-15)
Jentschura et al[16]	9	29 695	31 (0.1)	24 (2)	7 (0)
Lo et al[17]	6	26 708	12 (0.04)	6 (1)	6 (0)
Dafnis et al[19]	17	6066	8 (0.1)	8 (0)	0
Carpio et al[25]	10	5424	14 (0.26)	8 (2)	6 (1)
Present study	8	12 067	7 (0.058)	6 (0)	1 (0)

¹Three of 11 patients failed medical treatment and required surgery;

²Two patients were treated after colonoscopy performed elsewhere; ³Includes only colonoscopic polypectomies.