Absence of Complications after Endoscopic Mucosal Biopsy

Digestive Diseases
Brian Johnson, Marc D Basson

Abstract

There is no clarity with regard to the occurrence of serious complications from EGD-driven mucosal biopsy. This is important for considering both clinically indicated procedures and mucosal sampling for research. We sought to quantify rates of serious complications from esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with biopsy. We studied 13,233 patients undergoing outpatient EGD with biopsy over 5 years in 2 North Dakota community hospitals, based on the reasoning that serious complications would cause hospitalization within 30 days. We reviewed the records of all patients with a diagnostic or procedure code or admission within 30 days after the outpatient EGD with biopsy. Of the 13,233 patients who underwent outpatient EGD with biopsy, 411 were admitted within 30 days, most of them because of their underlying diagnosis. Two patients were admitted due to complications that resulted because of additional simultaneous procedures. No patient was admitted because of complications that could be ascribed to conscious sedation, upper GI endoscopic access, or mucosal biopsy. These data confirm that EGD biopsy is safe within community settings and suggest that the risk/benefit ratio for performing EGD biopsy for research is likely to be favorable i...Continue Reading

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