Thanks to the rapidly evolving laparoscopic techniques, gastric polypectomy has become very popular. The procedure is minimally invasive, with a quick recovery and very little pain. Moreover, thanks to the proactive endoscopic gastric polyp removal, a number of precancerous cases were detected and cured in time.

Polypectomies, polypectomy procedures performed during endoscopy, are generally safe. The most feared complication of this procedure is colonic perforation, which presents as acute post-endoscopy peritonitis. A less well-known entity, post-polypectomy electrocautery syndrome, should be considered in the differential diagnosis when a patient presents with acute post-endoscopy abdominal pain.