In a review of 1,382 procedures at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, researchers found 3.9 percent of patients experienced bleeding during a procedure and 2.7 percent experience bleeding after the procedure. This rate was not any higher in patients who had used aspirin, NSAIDs or anti-clotting drugs before the procedure.
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