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George Berci, MD; Joel Panish, MD; Leon Morgenstern, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1973;106(6):818-819.

Abstract
The colonoscope was used on 210 patients. The examination was successful in 197. Technical problems in eight patients, unsatisfactory preparation of the colon in five prevented success. In 69 of these 210, a total of 91 polyps was removed. The only complication encountered was bleeding, which occurred in two patients and did not require laparotomy.

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

From the departments of surgical endoscopy (Dr. Berci) and gastroenterology (Dr. Panish) and the Division of Surgery (Dr. Morgenstern), Cedars of Lebanon Hospital; and the departments of surgery (Drs. Berci and Morgenstern) and gastroenterology (Dr. Panish), University of California, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 2, 1973.

Read before the annual meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Newport Beach, Calif, Jan 20, 1973.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgical Endoscopy, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, 4833 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles 90029 (Dr. Berci).

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