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Efficacy of colonoscopy after an episode of acute diverticulitis and risk of colorectal cancer
BACKGROUND: Diverticular disease of the colon has a high global prevalence. The guidelines suggest performing a colonoscopy 4-6 weeks after the acute episode to exclude colorectal cancer (CRC). However, these recommendations are based on old studies, when computed tomography was not used to diagnose...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6928487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31892800 http://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2019.0437 |