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==Accuracy==
==Accuracy==
Colonosopy is not perfect and may miss [[colonic polyp]]s that could lead to [[colorectal cancer]].<ref name="pmid8978338">{{cite journal |author=Rex DK, Cutler CS, Lemmel GT, ''et al'' |title=Colonoscopic miss rates of adenomas determined by back-to-back colonoscopies |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=112 |issue=1 |pages=24–8 |year=1997 |month=January |pmid=8978338 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016508597000152 |issn=}}</ref> Withdrawing the colonoscopy too fast may cause missing of important abnormalities.<ref name="pmid17167136">{{cite journal |author=Barclay RL, Vicari JJ, Doughty AS, Johanson JF, Greenlaw RL |title=Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy |journal=The New England journal of medicine |volume=355 |issue=24 |pages=2533–41 |year=2006 |month=December |pmid=17167136 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa055498 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=17167136&promo=ONFLNS19 |issn=}}</ref>
Colonosopy is not perfect and may miss [[colonic polyp]]s that could lead to [[colorectal cancer]].<ref name="pmid8978338">{{cite journal |author=Rex DK, Cutler CS, Lemmel GT, ''et al'' |title=Colonoscopic miss rates of adenomas determined by back-to-back colonoscopies |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=112 |issue=1 |pages=24–8 |year=1997 |month=January |pmid=8978338 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016508597000152 |issn=}}</ref> Several factors affect accuracy.
 
;Operative experience
Colonoscopies performed by a [[primary care physician]] may be less accurate.<ref name="pmid17241863">{{cite journal |author=Bressler B, Paszat LF, Chen Z, Rothwell DM, Vinden C, Rabeneck L |title=Rates of new or missed colorectal cancers after colonoscopy and their risk factors: a population-based analysis |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=132 |issue=1 |pages=96–102 |year=2007 |month=January |pmid=17241863 |doi=10.1053/j.gastro.2006.10.027 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016-5085(06)02261-X |issn=}}</ref> Colonoscopies performed by examiners who have performed a large volume of procedures are better(at least 200 per year)<ref name="pmid15712636">{{cite journal |author=Harewood GC |title=Relationship of colonoscopy completion rates and endoscopist features |journal=Dig. Dis. Sci. |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=47–51 |year=2005 |month=January |pmid=15712636 |doi= |url=http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0163-2116&volume=50&issue=1&spage=47 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15672059">{{cite journal |author=Bernstein C, Thorn M, Monsees K, Spell R, O'Connor JB |title=A prospective study of factors that determine cecal intubation time at colonoscopy |journal=Gastrointest. Endosc. |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=72–5 |year=2005 |month=January |pmid=15672059 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016510704024617 |issn=}}</ref>, perhaps especially if the prior experience was very recent<ref name="pmid11437045">{{cite journal |author=Dafnis G, Granath F, Påhlman L, Hannuksela H, Ekbom A, Blomqvist P |title=The impact of endoscopists' experience and learning curves and interendoscopist variation on colonoscopy completion rates |journal=Endoscopy |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=511–7 |year=2001 |month=June |pmid=11437045 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref>
 
;Bowel cleaning method
Administering the osmotic laxative the morning of the colonoscopy<ref name="pmid17661245">{{cite journal |author=Gupta T, Mandot A, Desai D, Abraham P, Joshi A, Shah S |title=Comparison of two schedules (previous evening versus same morning) of bowel preparation for colonoscopy |journal=Endoscopy |volume=39 |issue=8 |pages=706–9 |year=2007 |month=August |pmid=17661245 |doi=10.1055/s-2007-966375 |url=http://www.thieme-connect.com/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-2007-966375 |issn=}}</ref>, of splitting the administration of the osmotic laxative into a dose the evening before colonoscopy followed by a second dose the morning of the colonoscopy helps<ref name="pmid17611916">{{cite journal |author=Park JS, Sohn CI, Hwang SJ, ''et al'' |title=Quality and effect of single dose versus split dose of polyethylene glycol bowel preparation for early-morning colonoscopy |journal=Endoscopy |volume=39 |issue=7 |pages=616–9 |year=2007 |month=July |pmid=17611916 |doi=10.1055/s-2007-966434 |url=http://www.thieme-connect.com/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-2007-966434 |issn=}}</ref>.
 
;Withdrawal time
Withdrawing the colonoscopy too fast (less than 6 minutes) may cause missing of important abnormalities.<ref name="pmid17167136">{{cite journal |author=Barclay RL, Vicari JJ, Doughty AS, Johanson JF, Greenlaw RL |title=Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy |journal=The New England journal of medicine |volume=355 |issue=24 |pages=2533–41 |year=2006 |month=December |pmid=17167136 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa055498 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/24/2533 |issn=}}</ref>


==Adverse effects==
==Adverse effects==

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In medicine, colonoscopy is a "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon."[1]

Accuracy

Colonosopy is not perfect and may miss colonic polyps that could lead to colorectal cancer.[2] Several factors affect accuracy.

Operative experience

Colonoscopies performed by a primary care physician may be less accurate.[3] Colonoscopies performed by examiners who have performed a large volume of procedures are better(at least 200 per year)[4][5], perhaps especially if the prior experience was very recent[6]

Bowel cleaning method

Administering the osmotic laxative the morning of the colonoscopy[7], of splitting the administration of the osmotic laxative into a dose the evening before colonoscopy followed by a second dose the morning of the colonoscopy helps[8].

Withdrawal time

Withdrawing the colonoscopy too fast (less than 6 minutes) may cause missing of important abnormalities.[9]

Adverse effects

In a study of 2531 volunteers 50 years of age or older undergoing colonoscopy:[10]

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Colonoscopy (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Rex DK, Cutler CS, Lemmel GT, et al (January 1997). "Colonoscopic miss rates of adenomas determined by back-to-back colonoscopies". Gastroenterology 112 (1): 24–8. PMID 8978338[e]
  3. Bressler B, Paszat LF, Chen Z, Rothwell DM, Vinden C, Rabeneck L (January 2007). "Rates of new or missed colorectal cancers after colonoscopy and their risk factors: a population-based analysis". Gastroenterology 132 (1): 96–102. DOI:10.1053/j.gastro.2006.10.027. PMID 17241863. Research Blogging.
  4. Harewood GC (January 2005). "Relationship of colonoscopy completion rates and endoscopist features". Dig. Dis. Sci. 50 (1): 47–51. PMID 15712636[e]
  5. Bernstein C, Thorn M, Monsees K, Spell R, O'Connor JB (January 2005). "A prospective study of factors that determine cecal intubation time at colonoscopy". Gastrointest. Endosc. 61 (1): 72–5. PMID 15672059[e]
  6. Dafnis G, Granath F, Påhlman L, Hannuksela H, Ekbom A, Blomqvist P (June 2001). "The impact of endoscopists' experience and learning curves and interendoscopist variation on colonoscopy completion rates". Endoscopy 33 (6): 511–7. PMID 11437045[e]
  7. Gupta T, Mandot A, Desai D, Abraham P, Joshi A, Shah S (August 2007). "Comparison of two schedules (previous evening versus same morning) of bowel preparation for colonoscopy". Endoscopy 39 (8): 706–9. DOI:10.1055/s-2007-966375. PMID 17661245. Research Blogging.
  8. Park JS, Sohn CI, Hwang SJ, et al (July 2007). "Quality and effect of single dose versus split dose of polyethylene glycol bowel preparation for early-morning colonoscopy". Endoscopy 39 (7): 616–9. DOI:10.1055/s-2007-966434. PMID 17611916. Research Blogging.
  9. Barclay RL, Vicari JJ, Doughty AS, Johanson JF, Greenlaw RL (December 2006). "Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy". The New England journal of medicine 355 (24): 2533–41. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa055498. PMID 17167136. Research Blogging.
  10. Johnson CD, Chen MH, Toledano AY, et al (September 2008). "Accuracy of CT colonography for detection of large adenomas and cancers". The New England journal of medicine 359 (12): 1207–17. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa0800996. PMID 18799557. Research Blogging.