Endoscopic tattoo: the importance and need for standardised guidelines and protocol | Zendy

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Endoscopic tattoo: the importance and need for standardised guidelines and protocol

Author(s) -

Mei Yang,

Daniel Pepe,

Christopher M. Schlachta,

Nawar A. Alkhamesi

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/0141076817712244

Subject(s) - medicine , documentation , endoscopy , protocol (science) , general surgery , surgery , clinical practice , medical physics , pathology , alternative medicine , computer science , family medicine , programming language

Preoperative endoscopic tattoo is becoming more important with the advent of minimally invasive surgery. Current practices are variable and are operator-dependent. There are no evidence-based guidelines to aid endoscopists in clinical practice. Furthermore, there are still a number of issues with endoscopic tattoo including poor intraoperative visualisation, complications from tattooing and inaccurate documentation leading to the need for intraoperative endoscopy, prolonged operative time and reoperation due to lack of oncologic resection. This review aims to collate and summarise evidence for the best practice of endoscopic tattoo for colorectal lesions in order to provide guidance for endoscopists.

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