ArticleBMC gastroenterology2010
The role of colonoscopy in the management of intestinal obstruction: a 20-year retrospective study.
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- Observational study of colonoscopy techniques used for acute colorectal obstruction: A single-center experience.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of the study was to assess the use colonoscopy over time in the assessment of large bowel obstruction in a tertiary university hospital.
methodsRetrospective analysis of surgical and colonoscopy records for the years 1990-2009 in a university hospital. All patients diagnosed with non-conservatively managed bowel obstruction were included.
resultsWe recorded 644 patients diagnosed with non-conservatively managed bowel obstruction. Four hundred forty-one (67.3%) were managed only by surgery, 157 (23.6%) were managed by colonoscopy, and 46 (6.9%) by combined colonoscopy and surgery. Patients over 77 years were more likely to receive colonoscopy as monotherapy or combined with surgery as compared to younger patients. Management by colonoscopy only and by combined colonoscopy and surgery increased over time.
conclusionsColonoscopy in the management of non-conservatively treated bowel obstruction increased over time. However, therapeutic colonoscopy still has a limited role in bowel obstruction either as monotherapy or combined with surgery.
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