[Role of peroperative coloscopy].

The authors focus attention on the method of preoperative endoscopy which is useful in some operations of the digestive tract and evaluate retrospectively its contribution in their own department. They compare data on this method in the professional literature and consistent with them they recommend preoperative endoscopic examination in indicated cases as a safe, rapid and effective method for improving the standard of surgical care of patients and recommend this method in the algorithm of treatment.