Doctors often advocate colonoscopies for older patients to screen for colorectal cancer, but new research suggests that many colonoscopies are unnecessary and may be dangerous for elderly patients.
A Pennsylvania man has been awarded $2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against doctors who perforated his colon during a colonoscopy.
A New Mexico jury awarded $1 million last week in a medical malpractice lawsuit stemming from a colonoscopy perforation. The case involved allegations that a doctor failed to properly locate…
