MAY 11, 2023

Splenic Injury in Colonoscopy

Prevention, Management & Malpractice Issues

Niharika Mallepally, MD, MPH
Gastroenterology Fellow
Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Steven Bollipo, FRACP
Director of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
John Hunter Hospital
Newcastle, Australia

In the half-century since the first colonoscopy was performed in 1969, the procedure has become a mainstay for managing colorectal cancer screening and assessing bowel symptoms.1 In the United States alone, approximately 16 million colonoscopies are