Colonoscopia virtual. Experiencia en 500 pacientes / Virtual Colonoscopy. Experience in 500 patients
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
; 33(3): 145-149, Aug. 2003. ilus
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| ID: bin-4628
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To show our experience and results in Virtual Colonoscopy (VC). MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
Five hundred patients with personal or familial history of colorectal carcinoma and/or adenomas, or any kind of coloproctologic symptoms were studied. VCs were practiced using a helical CT scanner (300 patients) and a multislice CT scanner (200 patients) a few hours after Conventional Colonoscopy (CC), considered the gold standard. The patients were evaluated in a prospective blind study, to determine sensitivity and specificity of VC. Findings were classified as 1) normal studies; 2) studies with pathological findings. This one was subdivided into 2a) Lesions below 5 mm., 2b) Lesions between 5-9 mm., 2c) Lesions above 9 mm.RESULTS:
VC detected 253 normal studies whereas CC only detected 233. The sensitivity and specificity for each subgroup were 2a) 87.8% and 86.9%; 2b) 95.6% and 91.4%; 2c) 100.0% and 100.0% respectively.CONCLUSION:
VC is a feasible and useful method for evaluating the entire colon. It is well tolerated, it has no complications and a high sensitivity and specificity for elevated lesions, especially the ones above or equal to 5 mm. (AU)
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06-national
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Base de dados:
BINACIS
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Colorretais
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Pólipos do Colo
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Colonoscopia
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article