Colonoscopy - Statistics & numerical data
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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Splenic injury after colonoscopy: a retrospective study and review of the literature]

31 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The increasing number of preventive screening investigations in the course of obtaining early diagnosis of colon cancer, has been leading to an increase in the number of colonoscopies in Germany. Splenic injury is one of ... Read more...

Colorectal cancer testing in Canada--2008.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: This article provides estimates of the report level of colorectal cancer (CRC) testing in the Canadian population aged 50 or older in 2008. DATA SOURCES AND METHODS: The data are from the 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey. With ... Read more...

Adherence to guidelines for surveillance colonoscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis at a Canadian quaternary care hospital.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are at high risk of colonic dysplasia. Therefore, surveillance colonoscopy to detect early dysplasia has been endorsed by many professional organizations. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Colonoscopy - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Splenic injury after colonoscopy: a retrospective study and review of the literature] 31 Aug 2009
• Colorectal cancer testing in Canada--2008. 30 Aug 2009
• Adherence to guidelines for surveillance colonoscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis at a Canadian quaternary care hospital. 30 Aug 2009
• Detection as a cure: colorectal cancer screening. 30 Jul 2009
• Impact of hospital case volume on the quality of laparoscopic colectomy in Japan. 5 Jul 2009
• The primary care physician may have a more critical role in colorectal cancer screening in African Americans when compared to non-African Americans. 29 Jun 2009
• Why don't gastroenterologists follow colon polyp surveillance guidelines?: results of a national survey. 29 Jun 2009
• Repeat-screening colonoscopy 5 years after normal baseline-screening colonoscopy in average-risk Chinese: a prospective study. 17 May 2009
• Faecal occult blood test-based screening programme with high compliance for colonoscopy has a strong clinical impact on colorectal cancer. 29 Apr 2009
• CT colonography versus optical colonoscopy for screening asymptomatic patients for colorectal cancer a patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) analysis. 29 Apr 2009
• Improved rates of colorectal cancer screening in an equal access population. 29 Apr 2009
• Colorectal cancer mass screening event utilising quantitative faecal occult blood test. 30 Mar 2009
• Rural scope of practice. 30 Mar 2009
• Recurrent sigmoid volvulus - early resection may obviate later emergency surgery and reduce morbidity and mortality. 30 Mar 2009
• Transanal endoscopic microsurgery. 30 Mar 2009
• Colonoscopy: prime time for primary care? 2 Mar 2009
• Effectiveness of a provider reminder on fecal occult blood test follow-up. Mar 2009
• Recognition of surface mucosal and vascular patterns of colon polyps by using narrow-band imaging: interobserver and intraobserver agreement and prediction of polyp histology. 27 Feb 2009
• Colonoscopy screening in black and white patients. 23 Feb 2009
• [Colonoscopy, the primary tool for colonic screening] 13 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Colonoscopy'

Definition: Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon.

Descriptor UI: D003113

Alternative terms: Colonoscopy; Colonoscopies; Colonoscopic Surgical Procedures; Colonoscopic Surgical Procedure; Procedure, Colonoscopic Surgical; Procedures, Colonoscopic Surgical; Surgical Procedure, Colonoscopic; Colonoscopic Surgery; Colonoscopic Surgeries; Surgeries, Colonoscopic; Surgery, Colonoscopic; Surgical Procedures, Colonoscopic;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.372.250.250.200; E01.370.388.250.250.250.160; E04.210.240.250.160; E04.800.250.250.250.160;

History Note: 81