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Review
. 2012 Jun;41(2):271-90.
doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2012.01.014.

Endoscopic assessment of inflammatory bowel disease: colonoscopy/esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Grace Chan  1 , David S Fefferman, Richard J Farrell
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Review

Endoscopic assessment of inflammatory bowel disease: colonoscopy/esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Grace Chan et al. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Endoscopy plays an important role in the initial diagnosis of IBD, including the evaluation of disease severity, activity, and extent. The implications of complete mucosal healing further confirm the function of endoscopy in the follow-up of IBD patients. The use of therapeutic endoscopy, for example stricture dilatation, can avoid the need for bowel resection. Modalities such as capsule endoscopy, EUS, NBI, CE, and other emerging techniques are likely to have an increasing role in the management of IBD, particularly in the area of dysplasia surveillance and treatment.

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