Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for asymptomatic colorectal disease in patients with and without inguinal hernia

Several studies have evaluated the diagnostic value of flexible sigmoidoscopy for screening asymptomatic patients before hernia repair. All have shown a 16% to 28% incidence of neoplastic (malignant or premalignant) lesions. None of these studies compared a similar group of asymptomatic patients wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Ala.), 1991-07, Vol.84 (7), p.876-878
Hauptverfasser:	Wheeler, W E, Wilson, S L, Kurucz, J, Flanigan, J, Ratliff, D, Scott-Conner, C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenoma - complications Adenoma - diagnosis Age Factors Aged Colonic Polyps - complications Colonic Polyps - diagnosis Colorectal Neoplasms - complications Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis Hernia, Inguinal - complications Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Sigmoidoscopy
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