Open AccessFindings during screening colonoscopies in a Middle Eastern cohort
Author(s) -
Majid A Almadi,
Abed Al-Lehibi,
Mohammad A Aljebreen,
Othman Alharbi,
Nahla Azzam,
Abdulrahman Aljebreen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_353_18
Subject(s) - medicine , ascending colon , transverse colon , rectum , colonoscopy , sigmoid colon , descending colon , gastroenterology , colorectal cancer , cohort , retrospective cohort study , cancer , splenic flexure , hyperplastic polyp , adenoma , population , environmental health
Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer in males and the third most common cancer in females. We aim to determine the polyp and adenoma prevalence in a cohort of patients who underwent opportunistic screening colonoscopies.