The probability of complications such as perforation and severe bleeding is about 6.4 per 100,000 colonoscopies. Also, the probability of perforations during therapeutic colonoscopies is 0.4% while the probability of bleeding is 1.2%, which are both less than the probabilities with diagnostic procedures 2.
De igual manera, la posibilidad de que ocurran complicaciones en colonoscopias terapéuticas es de 0,4% frente a 1,2% para perforación y sangrado respectivamente, con menor frecuencia en los procedimientos diagnósticos 2.