In this chapter, indications and contraindications of colonoscopy are explained. . Accessed 6 Jun 2014. Balaguer F, et al. The European Panel on the Appropriateness of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guidelines colonoscopy in an open-access endoscopy unit: a prospective study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005;...
VIENNA ― With computer-aided detection (CADe), more adenomas were found, and ther was a twofold reduction in missed adenomas for patients undergoing screening or surveillancecolonoscopy, according to results from a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial that compared it with conventional colonoscopy....
When subsequently correcting for possible confounding factors, however, this difference in pain scores could be explained by a confounding effect of female gender. Caecal intubation time, perceived procedural difficulty and complication rate did not differ significantly between groups. Con...
To what extent is male excess risk of advanced colorectal neoplasms explained by known risk factors? results from a large German screening population. Int J Cancer. 2021;149(11):1877-1886. PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 29. Heisser T, Weigl K, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H. ...
The risks and benefits of colonoscopy with or without sedation were explained in a standard format. Patients were then given the option of having colonoscopy without premedication. After the procedure, as well as 2 to 5 days later, patients rated on an analog scale (0, no pain; 5, severe)...
Research results Seventy-four patients were finally analyzed per protocol. Of those, cleansing was adequate in 67% of cases and CCE could visualize the colonic segments missed by incomplete colonoscopy in 90% (protocol A) and 97% (protocol B, P = 0.35, n.s.) of the patients. Detection ra...
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RESULTS: EGD was performed in 160 patients after a negative colonoscopy. The procedure was performed 1.6 ± 1.4 months after the I-FOBT. Lesion with a bleeding potential was found in 24 patients (15%). In three (12.5%) and two (8.3%) of these patients I-FOBT was positive at the 75 ...
Time to colonoscopy and risk of colorectal cancer in patients with positive results from fecal immunochemical tests. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol(In press) Congressional Research Service. The number of Veterans that use VA health care services: a fact sheet. June 3, 2014. Available at: https://...
While the colon must be clean, it will never be fully cleared of stool. It should be explained to patients that they will still produce stool and that it may yet have some color to it. The key to the bowel cleanse is that the stool is liquid and can be quickly cleared using the irr...