Low complication rates after screening colonoscopy

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) During colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer and in the four weeks after the procedure, the risk for complications to develop is low. This is the finding of a prospective cohort study conducted in the Saarland region, whose results Nadine Zwink and coauthors report in the current issue of Deutsches Ä rzteblatt International (Dtsch Aerztebl Int 2017; 114: 321-7). https://www.aerzteblatt.de/pdf.asp?id=188338
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