Adequacy of sigmoidoscopy as compared to colonoscopy for assessment of disease activity in patients of ulcerative colitis: a prospective study

Adequacy of sigmoidoscopy as compared to colonoscopy for assessment of disease activity in patients of ulcerative colitis: a prospective study

Background/Aims Patients of ulcerative colitis (UC) on follow-up are routinely evaluated by sigmoidoscopy. There is no prospective literature to support this practice. We assessed agreement between sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy prospectively in patients with disease extent beyond the sigmoid colon....

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Main Authors: Sameet Tariq Patel, Anuraag Jena, Sanjay Chandnani, Shubham Jain, Pankaj Nawghare, Saurabh Bansal, Harsh Gandhi, Rishikesh Malokar, Jay Chudasama, Prasanta Debnath, Seemily Kahmei, Rima Kamat, Sangeeta Kini, Qais Q Contractor, Pravin M Rathi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2024-07-01
Series:Intestinal Research
Subjects:
endoscopic score
disease severity
biopsy
inflammatory bowel diseases
Online Access:http://irjournal.org/upload/pdf/ir-2023-00174.pdf

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