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Value of Routine Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Potential Predictive Factors for Colonic Ischemia after Open Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Medicina, 2020
Background and Objectives: colonic ischemia (CI) after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) repair is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Sigitas Urbonavicius, Ingrid Luise Feuerhake, Reshaabi Srinanthalogen, Martinas Urbonavicius, Tomas Baltrunas, Nikolaj Fibiger Grøndal, Flemming Randsbæk   +6 more
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Standard colonic lavage alters the natural state of mucosal-associated microbiota in the human colon. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND & AIMS:Past studies of the human intestinal microbiota are potentially confounded by the common practice of using bowel-cleansing preparations.
Laura Harrell, Yunwei Wang, Dionysios Antonopoulos, Vincent Young, Lev Lichtenstein, Yong Huang, Stephen Hanauer, Eugene Chang   +7 more
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Colorectal cancer screening with repeated fecal immunochemical test versus sigmoidoscopy: baseline results from a randomized trial [PDF]

, 2020
Background and aims: The comparative effectiveness of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is unknown.
Darre-Næss, Ole, Norvard, Espen R., Hoff, Geir, Botteri, Edoardo, Jørgensen, Anita, Natvig, Erik, Olsen, Marie Kristin Ek, Schult, Anna Lisa, Holme, Øyvind, Sandvei, Per Kristian, Frigstad, Svein Oskar, Bolstad, Nils, Randel, Kristin Ranheim, Berstad, Paula, Ursin, Giske, Wibe, Arne, Bretthauer, Michael, de Lange, Thomas, Kørner, Hartwig, Wensaas, Knut-Arne   +19 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative colorectal cancer screening strategies in high-risk individuals

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, 2021
Background and aims: Current guidelines recommend colonoscopy every 3–5 years for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening of individuals with a familial history of CRC. The objective of this study was to compare the cost effectiveness of screening alternatives
Robert Benamouzig, Stéphanie Barré, Jean-Christophe Saurin, Henri Leleu, Alexandre Vimont, Sabrine Taleb, Frédéric De Bels   +6 more
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The B-ADENOMA Study: Bowelscope – Accuracy of Detection using Endocuff Optimisation of Mucosal Abnormalities: Study Protocol for randomised controlled trial

Endoscopy International Open, 2018
Background and study aims UK Bowel Cancer Screening flexible sigmoidoscopy (BowelScope) currently offers patients aged 55 a one-off flexible sigmoidoscopy for adenoma clearance to decrease colorectal cancer incidence by interrupting the adenoma-carcinoma
Wee Sing Ngu, Martin Walls, Pradeep Bhandari, Clive Stokes, Nikki Totton, Zoe Hoare, Lexi Bastable, Colin Rees   +7 more
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Efficacy of sigmoidoscopy for evaluating disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis

BMC Gastroenterology, 2022
Background Endoscopic assessment of disease activity is a key parameter in the management of ulcerative colitis. Whether sigmoidoscopy alone is sufficient to evaluate the disease activity in ulcerative colitis lacks studies.
Su Bum Park, Seong-Jung Kim, Jun Lee, Yoo Jin Lee, Dong Hoon Baek, Geom Seog Seo, Eun Soo Kim, Sang-Wook Kim, So Yeong Kim   +8 more
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General populations’ preferences for colorectal cancer screening: rationale and protocol for the discrete choice experiment in the SIGMO study

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction In Germany, the organised colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme includes the immunologic faecal occult blood test and colonoscopy.
Jona Theodor Stahmeyer, Melanie Brinkmann, Leonie Diedrich, Christian Krauth, Bernt-Peter Robra, Maren Dreier   +5 more
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Severe Complication of Iatrogenic Sodium Phosphate Enema Overdose: Acute Kidney Injury

Turkish Journal of Nephrology, 2021
Sodium phosphate-based enema preparations are low-volume, hyperosmotic agents commonly used in bowel preparation for sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy and surgical operation.
Sümeyra Koyuncu, Büşra Tutuş, Hülya Akgün, Ismail Koçyiğit, Murat Sipahioğlu, Oktay Oymak, Bülent Tokgöz   +6 more
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Transient Peripheral Immune Activation follows Elective Sigmoidoscopy or Circumcision in a Cohort Study of MSM at Risk of HIV Infection.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundRectal and genital sampling in HIV prevention trials permits assessments at the site of HIV entry. Yet the safety and acceptability of circumcision and sigmoidoscopy (and associated abstinence recommendations) are unknown in uncircumcised men ...
Javier R Lama, Shelly T Karuna, Shannon P Grant, Edith M Swann, Carmela Ganoza, Patricia Segura, Silvia M Montano, Martin Lacherre, Stephen C De Rosa, Susan Buchbinder, Jorge Sanchez, M Juliana McElrath, Maria P Lemos, HVTN 914 Study Team   +13 more
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The use of a transparent cap in sigmoidoscopy [PDF]

, 2017
Trials on cap-assisted colonoscopy have shown a reduction in pain, faster intubation time and a higher success rate attributed to the use of the cap. No similar studies have been published on sigmoidoscopy even though it is a common procedure associated ...
Jensen, Henning Quist, Poulsen, Jacob Kvist, Jacob Kvist Poulsen, Magnus Ploug, Ploug, Magnus, Achiam, Michael, Henning Quist Jensen, Michael Achiam   +7 more
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