Colonoscopy risks Colonoscopies rarely cause serious problems. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy report that serious complications occur in approximately 2.8 out of every 1,000 ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 82-year-old woman in good health, and I don’t take any medications. My first five colonoscopies were five years apart from each other because polyps were found each time, all ...