Christie J P
South Med J. 1976 May;69(5):540-4, 549.
Endoscopic findings and accomplishments in 250 consecutive patients are presented. Of these patients 72% were found to have polyps, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease or other specific positive findings. In almost half of these patients, no definitive diagnosis had been made before the procedure. In half of the patients, new information was obtained which was not known before the procedure. Indications for colonoscopy are presented to demonstrate the situations in which the procedure was valuable not only to remove polyps, but also to explain nonspecific radiologic abnormalities, unexplained rectal bleeding, or diarrhea, and to detect unknown cancers and polyps.
本文介绍了连续250例患者的内镜检查结果及成果。这些患者中，72%被发现患有息肉、癌症、炎症性肠病或其他特定的阳性发现。在这些患者中，近一半在手术前未得到明确诊断。在一半的患者中，获得了手术前未知的新信息。文中还介绍了结肠镜检查的适应证，以说明该检查不仅在切除息肉方面有价值，而且在解释非特异性放射学异常、不明原因的直肠出血或腹泻以及检测未知癌症和息肉等情况时也很有价值。
