8. Endoscopy in inflammatory bowel diseases
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چکیده
The widespread availability of gastrointestinal endoscopy has changed the management of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) to an important extent. The need for an unpleasant bowel preparation, the high cost, and the discomfort sometimes caused by endoscopic procedures should nonetheless force the clinician to optimize the indications. In this section we will describe the most characteristic lesions of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, the value of endoscopy in the initial assessment and monitoring of IBD and therapeutic endoscopic interventions. Discussion of surveillance in IBD is discussed elsewhere.
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