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In [[medicine]], '''sigmoidoscopy''' is "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the sigmoid flexure."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[medicine]], '''sigmoidoscopy''' is "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the sigmoid flexure."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Adequately trained [[nurse]]s may be able to perform this procedure as well as doctors<ref name="pmid19208714">{{cite journal |author=Williams J, Russell I, Durai D, ''et al'' |title=Effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET) |journal=BMJ |volume=338 |issue= |pages=b231 |year=2009 |pmid=19208714 |pmc=2643440 |doi= |url=http://bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19208714 |issn=}}</ref>, although the cost savings are small<ref name="pmid19208715">{{cite journal |author=Richardson G, Bloor K, Williams J, ''et al'' |title=Cost effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET) |journal=BMJ |volume=338 |issue= |pages=b270 |year=2009 |pmid=19208715 |pmc=2643438 |doi= |url=http://bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19208715 |issn=}}</ref>. | |||
Sigmoidoscopy may help in the [[mass screening]] of [[colorectal cancer]].<ref name="pmid8437306">{{cite journal |author=Ransohoff DF, Lang CA |title=Sigmoidoscopic screening in the 1990s |journal=JAMA |volume=269 |issue=10 |pages=1278–81 |year=1993 |month=March |pmid=8437306 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid1736103">{{cite journal |author=Selby JV, Friedman GD, Quesenberry CP, Weiss NS |title=A case-control study of screening sigmoidoscopy and mortality from colorectal cancer |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=326 |issue=10 |pages=653–7 |year=1992 |month=March |pmid=1736103 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> | Sigmoidoscopy may help in the [[mass screening]] of [[colorectal cancer]].<ref name="pmid8437306">{{cite journal |author=Ransohoff DF, Lang CA |title=Sigmoidoscopic screening in the 1990s |journal=JAMA |volume=269 |issue=10 |pages=1278–81 |year=1993 |month=March |pmid=8437306 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid1736103">{{cite journal |author=Selby JV, Friedman GD, Quesenberry CP, Weiss NS |title=A case-control study of screening sigmoidoscopy and mortality from colorectal cancer |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=326 |issue=10 |pages=653–7 |year=1992 |month=March |pmid=1736103 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:11, 25 March 2009
In medicine, sigmoidoscopy is "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the sigmoid flexure."[1]
Adequately trained nurses may be able to perform this procedure as well as doctors[2], although the cost savings are small[3].
Sigmoidoscopy may help in the mass screening of colorectal cancer.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Sigmoidoscopy (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Williams J, Russell I, Durai D, et al (2009). "Effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET)". BMJ 338: b231. PMID 19208714. PMC 2643440. [e]
- ↑ Richardson G, Bloor K, Williams J, et al (2009). "Cost effectiveness of nurse delivered endoscopy: findings from randomised multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINuET)". BMJ 338: b270. PMID 19208715. PMC 2643438. [e]
- ↑ Ransohoff DF, Lang CA (March 1993). "Sigmoidoscopic screening in the 1990s". JAMA 269 (10): 1278–81. PMID 8437306. [e]
- ↑ Selby JV, Friedman GD, Quesenberry CP, Weiss NS (March 1992). "A case-control study of screening sigmoidoscopy and mortality from colorectal cancer". N. Engl. J. Med. 326 (10): 653–7. PMID 1736103. [e]