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In [[medicine]], '''colonoscopy''' is a "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the [[colon]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[medicine]], '''colonoscopy''' is a "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the [[colon]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Colonosopy is not perfect and may miss [[colonic polyp]]s.<ref name="pmid8978338">{{cite journal |author=Rex DK, Cutler CS, Lemmel GT, ''et al'' |title=Colonoscopic miss rates of adenomas determined by back-to-back colonoscopies |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=112 |issue=1 |pages=24–8 |year=1997 |month=January |pmid=8978338 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016508597000152 |issn=}}</ref> Withdrawing the colonoscopy too fast may cause missing of important abnormalities.<ref name="pmid17167136">{{cite journal |author=Barclay RL, Vicari JJ, Doughty AS, Johanson JF, Greenlaw RL |title=Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy |journal=The New England journal of medicine |volume=355 |issue=24 |pages=2533–41 |year=2006 |month=December |pmid=17167136 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa055498 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=17167136&promo=ONFLNS19 |issn=}}</ref> | Colonosopy is not perfect and may miss [[colonic polyp]]s that could lead to [[colorectal cancer]].<ref name="pmid8978338">{{cite journal |author=Rex DK, Cutler CS, Lemmel GT, ''et al'' |title=Colonoscopic miss rates of adenomas determined by back-to-back colonoscopies |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=112 |issue=1 |pages=24–8 |year=1997 |month=January |pmid=8978338 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016508597000152 |issn=}}</ref> Withdrawing the colonoscopy too fast may cause missing of important abnormalities.<ref name="pmid17167136">{{cite journal |author=Barclay RL, Vicari JJ, Doughty AS, Johanson JF, Greenlaw RL |title=Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy |journal=The New England journal of medicine |volume=355 |issue=24 |pages=2533–41 |year=2006 |month=December |pmid=17167136 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa055498 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=17167136&promo=ONFLNS19 |issn=}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:02, 23 October 2008
In medicine, colonoscopy is a "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon."[1]
Colonosopy is not perfect and may miss colonic polyps that could lead to colorectal cancer.[2] Withdrawing the colonoscopy too fast may cause missing of important abnormalities.[3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Colonoscopy (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Rex DK, Cutler CS, Lemmel GT, et al (January 1997). "Colonoscopic miss rates of adenomas determined by back-to-back colonoscopies". Gastroenterology 112 (1): 24–8. PMID 8978338. [e]
- ↑ Barclay RL, Vicari JJ, Doughty AS, Johanson JF, Greenlaw RL (December 2006). "Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy". The New England journal of medicine 355 (24): 2533–41. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa055498. PMID 17167136. Research Blogging.