Talk:Virtual colonoscopy
Latest comment: 9 years ago by 71.174.175.150 in topic avoiding the risks of an optical colonoscopy
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Complications? edit
Which are the common and typical complications (perforation, infection, bleeding, radiation induced carcinomas?) and what are the incidation rates? --85.127.193.170 (talk) 18:30, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
10 mm? edit
Can anyone find wide support for today's anonymous edit that changed "2 mm" to "10 mm"? It's not my field, so I don't want to weigh in, but this contradicts everything I've read. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 19:12, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- A couple of papers supporting the null hypothesis of "no significant difference between optical colonoscopy and VC in ability to detect neoplasia" from the New England Journal of Medicine:
- http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/357/14/1403
- http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/349/23/2191
- Roughly 100 more papers can be found at http://www.viatronix.com/Media_Center_articles.asp, which is a biased source, but the articles listed there are peer-reviewed. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 22:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
avoiding the risks of an optical colonoscopy edit
- What Are The Risks Of A Colonoscopy?
- Risks Of A Colonoscopy Include Perforation, Bleeding, and Infection
Let's mention the most important advantage of a VC -- potentially avoiding the risks of an optical colonoscopy.-71.174.175.150 (talk) 20:50, 16 November 2014 (UTC)