UNLABELLED Colonoscopy is a procedure that used largely, in assessment, screening & management of lower gastrointestinal disease. Some of these diseases that assessed are colorectal cancer, polyps & inflammatory bowel disease. The goal of this study is determining of frequency of lower GI disease among patient who have elective colonoscopy. This cross-sectional study was conducted retrospective...

BACKGROUND It is unclear if all persons in Ontario have equal access to colonoscopy. This research was designed to describe long-term trends in the use of colonoscopy by primary care physicians (PCPs) in Ontario, and to determine whether PCP characteristics influence the use of colonoscopy. METHODS We conducted a population-based retrospective study of PCPs in Ontario between the years 1996-2...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Colonoscopy contains an inherent miss rate for colorectal cancer. Although miss rates from academic centers or units known for their endoscopic expertise have been previously reported, the colorectal cancer miss rate of colonoscopy performed in usual clinical practice is unknown. We conducted a population-based study to estimate the proportion of right-sided colon cancers miss...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Surveillance is an integral part of the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening process. We aimed to investigate inter-physician variation in follow-up procedures after screening colonoscopy in an opportunistic CRC screening program. METHODS A historical cohort study in the German statutory health insurance system was conducted. 55,301 individuals who underwent screening colonos...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Capsule colonoscopy is a minimally invasive imaging method. We measured the accuracy of this technology in detecting polyps 6 mm or larger in an average-risk screening population. METHODS In a prospective study, asymptomatic subjects (n = 884) underwent capsule colonoscopy followed by conventional colonoscopy (the reference) several weeks later, with an endoscopist blinded t...

BACKGROUND Sexual abuse has been linked to strong effects on gastrointestinal health. Colonoscopy can provoke intense emotional reactions in patients with a sexual abuse history and may lead to avoidance of endoscopic procedures. OBJECTIVE To determine whether care around colonoscopy needs adjustment for patients with sexual abuse experience, thereby exploring targets for the improvement of c...

Colonoscopy remains the gold standard for morphologic colon. Despite the development of new methods of morphologic bowel, colonoscopy is still considered the « gold standard » because of its ability at detecting small neoplasic lesions as well as adenomas. Unlike other methods, colonoscopy has the great advantage of carrying out the same time the removal of polyps. Colonoscopy also has a number...

The gut microbiota is important in maintaining human health, but numerous factors have the potential to alter its composition. Our aim was to examine the impact of a standard bowel preparation on the intestinal microbiota using two different techniques. Fifteen subjects undergoing colonoscopy consumed a bowel preparation comprised of 10 mg bisacodyl and 2 L polyethylene glycol. The microbiota o...