Mayo Endoscopic Score and Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index Are Equally Effective for Endoscopic Activity Evaluation in Ulcerative Colitis Patients in a Real Life Setting

The role of endoscopic evaluation in ulcerative colitis (UC) is well recognized, but a universally accepted gold standard for activity still lacking, and many scores have been proposed to this purpose. Among these, the Mayo Endoscopic Score (MES) Ulcerative Colitis Index (UCEIS) are currently most used trials clinical practice. aim study evaluate feasibility performance MES UCEIS among expert endoscopists with no specific expertise inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), single hospital center. Two minutes video recordings, from colonoscopy 12 UC patients, were observed scored, according UCEIS, by seven gastroenterologists experience digestive endoscopy particular IBD. Knowledge utilization two investigated. Inter-observer agreement an IBD-expert gastroenterologist same center (central reader), correlation between scores, was calculated. endoscopists, much more known than UCEIS. Both displayed similar good performance. Agreement central reader moderate interobserver good, both Correlation very endoscopists. This confirmed potential usefulness assessment patients real-life setting.