Endoscopy has a much lower risk of bleeding and infection than open surgery. Still, endoscopy is a medical procedure, so it has some risk of bleeding, infection, and other rare complications such as:
| What Are the Risks of an Endoscopy? |
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| • chest pain |
| • damage to your organs, including possible perforation |
| • fever |
| • persistent pain in the area of endoscopy |
| • redness and swelling at the incision site |
The risks for each type depend on the location of the procedure and your own condition. For example, dark-colored stools, vomiting, and difficulty swallowing after a colonoscopy could indicate that something is wrong.
Ask your doctors about symptoms to look out for following your endoscopy.