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Surgical management and outcomes of 165 colonoscopic perforations from a single institution.
Iqbal CW, Cullinane DC, Schiller HJ, et al. Arch Surg. 2008;143:701-707.

Bowel perforation after colonoscopy occurred in fewer than 1 of 1000 patients, but was associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality.
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