Abstract Aim To audit the rationale and efficacy of colonoscopy in over 80’s a year period at Southport hospital which caters to geriatrically skewed population. Currently protocol driven diagnostic pathways often lead direct triaging patients endoscopy preventing assessment biological age patient, practicalities procedure risk-benefit ratio. Method A retrospective with data 105 80 who underwen...

Splenic injury is an extremely rare, yet serious, complication related to colonoscopy. So far, less than 80 cases have been reported worldwide since 1970. With the increasing use of colonoscopy, endoscopists, surgeons and radiologists are more likely to encounter this unusual complication. Increased splenocolic adhesions, splenomegaly or underlying splenic disease might, inter alia, constitute ...

Colonoscopy is an endoscopic technique that allows a physician to inspect the inside of the human colon. Colonoscopy is the accepted screening method for detection of colorectal cancer or its precursor lesions, colorectal polyps. Indeed, colonoscopy has contributed to a decline in the number of colorectal cancer related deaths. However, not all cancers or large polyps are detected at the time o...

BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is a rare complication of colonoscopy that has been reported only 12 times in the English-language literature and is usually associated with obstruction of the appendiceal lumen with fecal matter during colonoscopy. None of the previous reports have described findings of perforation of the appendix within 24 hours of colonoscopy. METHODS We present the case repor...

BACKGROUND The role of urgent colonoscopy in lower gastro-intestinal bleeding (LGIB) remains controversial. Over the last two decades, a number of studies have indicated that urgent colonoscopy may facilitate the identification and treatment of bleeding lesions; however, studies comparing this approach to elective colonoscopy for LGIB are limited. AIMS To determine the utility and assess the ...

Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017;2:9 tgh.amegroups.com Post-colonoscopy colorecta l cancer or so-cal led “interval cancer” has emerged as one of new research topics, attracting much attention of endoscopists, gastroenterologists, and oncologists alike (1-4). In addition to lesions missed during the index colonoscopy due to technical issues (e.g., skills of endoscopists, quality of bowel prepar...

Colonoscopy is a valuable diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. Colonic perforation is a serious complication of colonoscopy that must be promptly recognized to limit morbidity and mortality. We present a 69-year-old woman who, during colonoscopy, had a perforation secondary to barotrauma of a long-standing ileocolonic anastomosis proximal to the point of colonoscopic intubation. To our knowled...

INTRODUCTION Check-Cap is a capsule device that images the colon using low-dose radiation (total dose equivalent to a plain abdominal radiograph) and does not require bowel preparation. Check-Cap is in development for colorectal cancer imaging. AIM : To survey patients in a primary care setting for their preferences for Check-Cap versus fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), including among patie...

Background and study aims National societies recommend colorectal cancer (CRC) screening 10 years after a normal ("negative") colonoscopy in low-risk individuals. We studied the impact of a 10-year repeat colonoscopy on the risk of early incident CRC. Patients and methods We used health administrative data from Ontario, Canada, to conduct a population-based retrospective cohort study in 50 - 74...