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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

High Concordance of CT Colonography and Colonoscopy Allows for the Distinguishing and Diagnosing of Intestinal Diseases.

Lyubomir Chervenkov, Nikolay Sirakov, Aleksander Georgiev, Dimitrina Miteva, Milena Gulinac, Monika Peshevska-Sekulovska, Metodija Sekulovski, Tsvetelina Velikova

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lyubomir ChervenkovDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Medical University Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-8380-5992
Nikolay SirakovResearch Complex for Translational Neuroscience, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bul. Vasil Aprilov 15A, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-2791-959X
Aleksander GeorgievDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Medical University Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Dimitrina MitevaDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 8 Dragan Tzankov Str., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-5931-2426
Milena GulinacMedical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 1 Kozyak Str., 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Monika Peshevska-SekulovskaMedical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 1 Kozyak Str., 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-8468-0132
Metodija SekulovskiMedical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 1 Kozyak Str., 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-8374-7756
Tsvetelina VelikovaMedical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 1 Kozyak Str., 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-0593-1272
Medical University Plovdiv · BGLozenetz Hospital · BGSofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" · BG

Funding

European Union-NextGenerationEU, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria BG-RRP-2.004-0008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Although new imaging methods for examining the GIT with high diagnostic capabilities were introduced, the improvement and implementation of safe, efficient, and cost-effective approaches continue, and GIT diseases are still challenging to diagnose; (2) Methods: We aim to show the possibilities of computed tomography (CT) colonography for early diagnosis of colon diseases using a multidetector 32-channel CT scanner after appropriate preparation; (3) Results: After a colonoscopy was performed earlier, 140 patients were examined with CT colonography. Complete colonoscopy was performed in 80 patients (57.1%) out of 140 who underwent CT colonography. Incomplete colonoscopy was observed in 52 patients (37.2%); in 5 patients (3.6%), it was contraindicated, and in 3 patients (2.1%), it was not performed because of patients' refusal. We determined that in cases of complete FCS in 95% of patients, CT colonography established the same clinical diagnosis as FCS. In cases of incomplete, refused, or contraindicated FCS in 32.7% (17 patients), FCS failed to diagnose correctly. The main reasons for incomplete colonoscopy were: intraluminal obturation of tumor nature-17 patients (33%), extraluminal obturation (compression) from a tumor formation-4 patients (8%), stenotic changes of non-tumor nature-11 patients (21%), congenital diseases with changes in the length of the lumen of the intestinal loops-7 patients (13%), and subjective factors (pain, poor preparation, contraindications) in 13 patients (25%); (4) Conclusions: Our results confirmed that CT colonography is a method of choice in cases of negative FCS results accompanied by clinical data for the neoplastic process and in cases of incomplete and contraindicated FCS. Also, the insufflation system we developed optimizes the method by improving the quality of the obtained images and ensuring good patient tolerance.

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computed tomographyCT colonographyfibrocolonoscopygastrointestinal diseasesincomplete colonoscopytumorvirtual colonoscopy

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