Rectal polypectomy by endoscopy with elastic tube in children
- Author:
Khanh Ngoc Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
rectal polypectomy
- MeSH:
Endoscopy;
Child;
Rectal Diseases
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;233(2):68-78
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
106 patients indicated the rectal endoscopy due to chronic diarrhea, rectal functional disorder, abnormal rectal X-ray, family history of rectal carcinoma, family history of polyp, iron insuffericiency anemia, chronic abdominal pain. The results have shown that 82 patients with polyp in which patients with a polyp (73.1%) 2 polyps (13.4%), 3 polyps (6.1%), 4, 5 and 6 polyps (3.6%) and polypose (3.6%). 112 polyps were removed by endoscopy with the elastic tube (67.86%). The study concluded that the rectal poplypectomy by endoscopy with elastic tube was a effective, simple and safe method.
