UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY

(Therapeutic)

 

Complications of upper G.I. polypectomy.An overview.

 

comparison to colonic polypectomy:

 

Complication rate is lower (1 - 2%)

 

Perforation is less likely on account of a thicker wall :

This complication occurs less frequently than in colonic polypectomy, but exact data are difficult to access.

 

 

Endoscopic view of large post polypectomy perforation

(posterior wall or antrum)

 

 

 

Haemorrhage is more often in the stomach due to increased vascularity :

Bleeding after endoscopic polypectomy of gastric polyps occurs in 1 % of cases.

 

 

Endoscopic view of antrum (anterior wall) with post polypectomy bleeding