Screening for colorectal neoplasia in asymptomatic patients using flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 24 (7) , 521-522
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02604312
Abstract
Asymptomatic patients (417) with an average age of 52 yr underwent screening using flexible fiberoptic sigmoidscopy. A total of 73 polyps were detected in 52 patients with a 17.5% detection rate. Half were above 25 cm and 1/3 were > 1.0 cm in size.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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