Removal of Polyps with Fibreoptic Colonoscope: A New Approach to Colonic Polypectomy
- 24 February 1973
- Vol. 1 (5851) , 451-452
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5851.451
Abstract
By using a colonoscope diathermy snare a total of 75 polyps have been removed from sites throughout the colon in 43 patients. There was some haemorrhage in four cases but no other morbidity, and all patients were discharged home within 24 hours. The ease of this procedure suggests that it should replace colotomy and surgical polypectomy in the management of polyps inaccessible to the rigid sigmoidoscope.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Hospital Topics: Examination of the Whole Colon with the Fibreoptic ColonoscopeBMJ, 1972
- Colonofiberoscopy: A new and valuable diagnostic modalityThe American Journal of Surgery, 1972
- Colonofiberoscopy.1971
- Clinical evaluation of fibre-optic sigmoidoscopy employing the Olympus CF-SB colonoscopeGut, 1971
- Fibreendoscopy of the intestines.Gut, 1971
- Incidence and distribution of adenomatous polyps of the colon and rectum based on 1,000 autopsy examinationsDiseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1964
- Complications of colotomy and polypectomy.1960