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Quantification of Adequate Bowel Preparation for Screening or Surveillance Colonoscopy in Men

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Patients with BBPS scores of 2 or 3 for all colon segments have adequate bowel preparation for the detection of adenomas larger than 5 mm and should return for screening or surveillance colonoscopy at standard guideline-recommended intervals.
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This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2016-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 132 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Colonoscopy.

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Bowel preparation quality scales for colonoscopy.

TL;DR: The use of validated bowel preparation quality scales with stringent but simple scoring criteria would help clarify clinical trial data as well as the performance of colonoscopy in clinical practice related to quality measurements.
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Colonoscopic miss rates of adenomas determined by back-to-back colonoscopies.

TL;DR: Using current colonoscopic technology, there are significant miss rates for adenomas < 1 cm even with meticulous colonoscopy, and the results suggest the need for improvements in colonoscope technology.
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American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening 2008

TL;DR: This document is the first update of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) colorectal cancer screening recommendations since 2000, and it is recognized that colonoscopy is not available in every clinical setting because of economic limitations.
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