Much of the flat or biopsy-only detected dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that had historically warranted a colectomy can now be shown to be circumscribed lesions with dye-spray or…
Endomicroscopy is a new imaging tool for gastrointestinal endoscopy. In vivo histology becomes possible at subcellular resolution during ongoing colonoscopy. Panchromoendoscopy with targeted biopsies has become the method of choice for…
Enhanced surveillance colonoscopy techniques for dysplasia detection in ulcerative colitis have successfully been implemented into group and solo practices. Chromoendoscopy (CE), in particular, has been shown to significantly increase dysplasia…
Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have a high risk of colitis-associated dysplasia and cancer. It is important that careful surveillance with colonoscopy is performed for all patients with IBD…
Cancer risk in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involving the colon is high and increases with time. The quality and efficacy of colonoscopic surveillance is variable. Chromoendoscopy with targeted…
Colonoscopy is routinely performed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for surveillance of dysplasia. Thorough bowel preparation is necessary to facilitate lesion detection. Patients with IBD do not have…
Mucosal healing is an important therapeutic end point in clinical trials and clinical practice. There is no validated definition of mucosal healing in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, although the…
It has been proposed that effective disease control through abrogation of inflammation in IBD may also reduce CRC risk in these individual patients. This article summarizes the potential for medical…
Interval colorectal cancers (CRCs) may account for approximately one half of all CRCs identified during IBD surveillance. The etiology of interval CRCs is multifactorial, with procedural factors likely to play…
This article advocates the use of chromoendoscopy to detect flat lesions over the use of colonoscopy alone. The authors illustrate their point by telling the story of their father, who…
