KMID : 0988920080060010025
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Intestinal Research 2008 Volume.6 No. 1 p.25 ~ p.30
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Clinical Significance of Screening Colonoscopy in Elderly: A KASID Multi-center Study
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Park Sung-Keun
Park Dong-Il Kim Young-Ho Kim Hyun-Soo Kim Won-Ho Kim Tae-Il Kim Hyo-Jong Yang Seung-Jae Byeon Jeong-Sik Lee Moon Sung Chung Il-Kwun Chung Moon-Kwan Jung Sung-Ae Jeen Yoon-Tae Choi Jai-Hyun Choi Hwang Han Dong-Soo Song Jae-Seok
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Abstract
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Background: Currently, screening colonscopy is widely performed in the medical field. The initial time of screening is recommended at an age of 50 years, but the age to cease screening is unknown. Accordingly, we have investigated the diagnostic yield of colonoscopy according to indications in the elderly, and we evaluated if screening colonoscopy is useful in the elderly.
Method: We recruited asymptomatic individuals undergoing screening colonoscopy according to age (2830 subjects aged 50-74 years and 111 subjects ¡Ã75 years-old), The colonoscopy findings of the study subjects were compared. In addition, colonoscopy findings of asymptomatic subjects more than 75 years-old were compared with the findings of symptomatic subjects with the same age.
Results:The yield for overall neoplasia and advanced adenoma was higher in the group of subjects ¡Ã75 years-old than in the 50-74 years age group (overall adenoma: 49.54% versus 24.98%, p£¼0.001; advanced adenoma: 16.2% versus 8.23%, p=0.003). The overall frequency of neoplasms was higher in asymptomatic subjects ¡Ã75 years-old than in symptomatic subjects ¡Ã75 years-old (49.54% versus 28.19%, p£¼0.001).
Conclusions: The prevalence of advanced adenoma increased with age. Screening colonoscopy was still significantly effective in elderly subjects ¡Ã75 years-old. The lack of a decline in the frequency of adenoma, including advanced adenoma, justifies continuing screening colonoscopy in the elderly.
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KEYWORD
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Colonoscopy, Mass Screening, Aged, Adenoma
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