Open AccessEndoscopic Surveillance in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Author(s) -
Martin Goetz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000485019
Subject(s) - chromoendoscopy , medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , gastroenterology , intraepithelial neoplasia , endoscopy , crohn's disease , gold standard (test) , ulcerative colitis , vedolizumab , colonoscopy , disease , colorectal cancer , cancer , prostate
Endoscopy is a key technique for the surveillance of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis). Indication to perform endoscopy for surveillance includes assessment of response to therapy, postoperative surveillance, and surveillance for intraepithelial neoplasia.