Introduction BSG guidelines for screening and surveillance in IBD have been recently updated to account for changes in consensus opinion and evidence since their initial publication in 2002.1 2 Changes include use of pancolonic dye spray, suggested intervals between colonoscopies, and use of therapeutic...
significant pathology. Finally, up to 80% reduction in colonoscopy- based postpolypectomy surveillance can be achieved by discharging patients to stool testing- based 30 national screening programmes as per the British 31 and European 32 guidelines. Another important consideration is avoiding the need f...
PTH-078Increasing Adherence to BSG Guidelines for Cancer Surveillance in IBD - Effective StrategiesTo obtain the prevalence of constipation in school children, as chronic constipation is frequent among children attending our outpatient unit but only scarce data about community prevalence are available. ...
125 colonoscopy requests were relevant to the updated guidelines for IBD surveillance, family history of colon cancer and high-risk disease and family groups. There were 57 IBD surveillance requests, of which 24 (42%) had the time to follow-up procedure extended (mean 1.75 yrs). Out of 51 ...