Sabeen Farhan, Muhammad Arif Nadeem, Tariq Suleman, Muhammad Naeem Afzal, Ghulam Abbas, Ishtiaq Bokhari.
Colonsoscopy - An Annual Audit of Cases at Medical Unit III Services Hospital Lahore.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;6(3):525-7.

Objective: To document indications and endoscopic findings in patients undergoing colonoscopy in our endoscopy unit Design: Observational Patients and methods: The data of 62 patients who underwent colonoscopy in Endoscopy Unit of Services Hospital Lahore from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2010 was analyzed. Demographic features, reasons for referral and endoscopic diagnoses were noted. Results: Among 62 patients, major referrals were for abdominal pain (39%), altered bowel habits (39%), bleeding per rectum (34%), mass right iliac fossa (8%) and for malignancy screening (5%). Conclusion: The most common presenting complaint was altered bowel habits and pain abdomen and the most common endoscopic abnormality was inflamed caecal mass (most likely due to tuberculosis followed by ulcerative colitis.

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