Iatrogénie en endoscopie digestive.

Adverse events in digestive endoscopy are hopefully rare, but they can have a significant impact on the morbidity and mortality of each patient. They are responsible for sometimes lengthy management that can alter the comfort of life, or for emergency surgical management with its own morbidity. Moreover, the ease of access to diagnostic endoscopy and the increase in techniques and indications for therapeutic endoscopy mean that, despite technical progress, the number of complications following endoscopic management remains significant. Moreover, the population concerned by these procedures is composed of older patients with comorbidities exposing them to more severe complications. It is therefore essential for each gastroenterologist to be aware of these clinical situations in order to clearly inform the patients, to know how to identify those who are at higher risk, and to adopt the most appropriate preventive attitude. A good knowledge of these risks also allows each operator to define the best therapeutic attitude for each patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]