Open AccessIndications and findings at colonoscopy in Ilorin, Nigeria
Author(s) -
AB Olokoba,
OA Obateru,
Matthew O. Bojuwoye,
Samuel Olatoke,
Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa,
L.B. Olokoba
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.110044
Subject(s) - colonoscopy , medicine , southeastern nigeria , general surgery , socioeconomics , sociology , colorectal cancer , cancer
Colonoscopy is a safe and effective means of visual inspection of the large bowel from the distal rectum to the caecum. It may be carried out for diagnostic and or therapeutic reasons. There is a paucity of data on this procedure in Nigeria. We, therefore, determined the indications, findings, and diagnostic yield in Nigerians at colonoscopy.