The role of screening colonoscopy after appendicitis in patients over 40 years of age
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DOI: 10.1111/ans.18325
Abstract: There is some evidence of the association between acute appendicitis and colorectal neoplasm in patients over the age of 40 years. Despite this, few centres routinely evaluate the colon endoscopically following an episode of appendicitis in… read more here.
Keywords: appendicitis patients; screening colonoscopy; age; colonoscopy appendicitis ... See more keywords