Splenic injury associated with colonoscopy in hospitalized patients: Incidence, risk factors, management, and outcome.

ABSTRACT: Background and study aims The frequency of splenic injuries due to coloscopy is largely unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to give estimate the risk for hospitalized patients. Patients and methods Using the administrative database from a health insurance company with more than 10 million insured subjects, patients undergoing inpatient colonoscopy associated with a splenic injury within 2 weeks were retrieved from the administrative records based upon OPS (comparable to International Classification of Procedures in Medicine) and ICD-10 codes. In each case identified (n = 141), the individual course of the hospital stay was reconstructed and analyzed by two experienced physicians. Patients with overt other causes of splenic injuries (e. g. abominal surgery, trauma et

SUBMITTER: Koop H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11651917 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature