Analysis of Patients Undergoing Colonoscopies and the Importance of Exam Quality for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Summary Objective To determine the impact of the quality of colonoscopy examination for colorectal cancer screening. Methods Retrospective observational study ofmedical records from patients treated at the endoscopy and colonoscopy service of Hospital Universitário Evangélico Mackenzie (Curitiba, PR, Brazil) from January 2019 to January 2020. Results The analysis was based on 337 medical records from patients with adenomas identified during colonoscopy, and 1,385 medical records from patients without adenomas. The estimated occurrence rate of diagnosis of adenoma during colonoscopy in ...

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