Experience with routine office sigmoidoscopy using the 60-cm flexible colonoscope in private practice
Experience with routine office sigmoidoscopy using the 60-cm flexible colonoscope in private practice
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在私人诊所使用 60 厘米柔性结肠镜进行常规办公室乙状结肠镜检查的经验
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
J. R. Hilsabeck
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作者:
J. R. Hilsabeck
Based on reported success and safety, 1121 sigmoidoscopies were performed in 964 patients seen privately by one surgeon, as a routine office screening procedure, using the flexible 60-cm sigmoidoscope instead of the rigid 25-cm instrument. The doubling of the distance that was examined doubled the diagnostic yield for neoplasia and inflammatory bowel disease, specific or nonspecific. As compared with bariumenema examinations, the yield was even greater: 5∶1 for neoplasia, 7∶1 for inflammation, 3∶1 for polyps >1 cm, and 5∶1 for false-negative, false-positive, or equivocal x-ray findings. No serious complications were encountered in any of the examinations including 72 polypectomies performed in the office. The study supports flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy as a major screening tool for individuals in private practive in truly evaluating the interior of the lower 60-cm of the colorectum for neoplasia and for the diagnosis and monitoring of bowel disease or neoplasia confined to that area.