Will a flexi-sig' do? A retrospective review of colonoscopies indicated by diverticulitis alone
| Autor: | Darius Dastouri, Matthew Leaning, William McSweeney |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Colonoscopy Colonic Polyps Malignancy Diverticulitis Colonic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans Diverticulitis Retrospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Transverse colon Australia Sigmoidoscopy Hepatology medicine.disease digestive system diseases 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Colonic Neoplasms 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Radiology business Abdominal surgery |
| Zdroj: | Surgical endoscopy. 36(5) |
| ISSN: | 1432-2218 |
| Popis: | The incidence of colonic diverticulitis is increasing. In Australia the majority of diverticulitis occurs in the left colon and patients typically undergo colonoscopy following an attack. At present debate exists regarding the utility of this costly procedure and a flexible sigmoidoscopy has been proposed as a cheaper, less invasive alternative. This paper seeks to examine whether significant pathology is being detected in the right and transverse colon to warrant colonoscopy, as opposed to a flexible sigmoidoscopy. A retrospective review of colonoscopies performed between August 2016 and August 2018, indicated by diverticulitis alone, performed in a single Australian metropolitan hospital. 189 patient colonoscopies were reviewed in combination with the pathology forms. Only 1 primary colonic malignancy was detected, found in the left colon. 110 traditional adenomas and 35 sessile serrated adenomas were detected. 41.8% of patients had a polyp detected with an average of 1.9 polyps per patient. 38.6% of polyps were resected from the left colon while 61.4% were removed from the right and transverse colon. In total 30 polyps > 10 mm or with high-risk histological features were resected, 18 (60%) from the left colon and 12 (40%) from the right and transverse. 20 patients (10.6%) met the criteria for high-risk adenomas and 50% of those had > 40% of their polyps in the right and transverse colon. There was no significant difference in age between patients with polyps and those without. Despite over half the patients having no polyps and only one left sided malignancy. This study demonstrates that the right and transverse colon is responsible for over 50% of the polyps removed and similar proportion of the advanced polyps. Where endoscopic surveillance after acute colonic diverticulitis is performed, this study supports the use of colonoscopy and cautions against flexible sigmoidoscopy alone. |
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