Comment on: Should a colonoscopy be offered routinely to patients with CT proven acute diverticulitis? A retrospective cohort study and meta-analysis of best available evidence

Meyer, Jérémy; Buchs, Nicolas; Schiltz, Boris; Liot, Emilie; Ris, Frédéric

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Comment on: Should a colonoscopy be offered routinely to patients with CT proven acute diverticulitis? A retrospective cohort study and meta-analysis of best available evidence

ContributorsMeyer, Jérémy

; Buchs, Nicolas; Schiltz, Boris; Liot, Emilie; Ris, Frédéric

Published inWorld Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, vol. 12, no. 9, p. 320-322

Publication date2020

Abstract

Latest evidence indicates that patients with acute diverticulitis have higher prevalence of colorectal cancer than reference patients. Therefore, colonoscopy should be offered after an episode of acute diverticulitis.

Keywords

Adenoma
Colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer
Diverticulitis
Endoscopy
Polyp

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research groups

Transplantation et hépatologie (905)

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MEYER, Jérémy et al. Comment on: Should a colonoscopy be offered routinely to patients with CT proven acute diverticulitis? A retrospective cohort study and meta-analysis of best available evidence. In: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2020, vol. 12, n° 9, p. 320–322.

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PID : unige:151683
PMID : 32994864

Commercial URLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7503613/

Journal ISSN1948-9366

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Comment on: Should a colonoscopy be offered routinely to patients with CT proven acute diverticulitis? A retrospective cohort study and meta-analysis of best available evidence

Latest evidence indicates that patients with acute diverticulitis have higher prevalence of colorectal cancer than reference patients. Therefore, colonoscopy should be offered after an episode of acute diverticulitis.

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