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Atlas of Colonoscopy

Table of Contents


I General information
General information regarding examination
Basic examination technique and colonoscopy workstation
Modern endoscopy techniques

II Normal examination procedure and non-pathological findings
Before the examination
Inserting the endoscope and advancing it in the colon
Normal appearance of the intestinal segments
Normal postoperative appearances

III Pathological findings
Diverticulosis and diverticulitis
Polyps and polyposis syndrome
Malignancies
Submucosal tumors
Colitis; chronic inflammatory bowel syndrome and other inflammatory bowel diseases
Acute and chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Vascular malformations and other vascular lesions
Melanosis coli
Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome
Rare diagnoses and disorders

IV Endoscopic intervention
Polypectomy and mucosectomy
Interventional treatment of tumors
Hemostasis
Therapeutic treatment of benign stenoses
Fistulas and post-operative endoscopic repair
Removing foreign objects
Decompression tubes for lumen dilation
Index

 
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