title: [Colonoscopy in the diagnosis and follow-up of colonic polyps].
abstract: Out of 5000 patients examined endoscopically colon polyps were detected in 64%. The polyps were characterized by: higher incidence in 70-79-year-olds, high percentage of tubular adenomas (79%), large sizes of polyps with complex structure and their prevalence in the left colon, signs of malignancy in 0.64% of the removed polyps. The chance to develop cancer from tubular adenoma was 0.28%, tubular-villous, 1.4%, villous 3%. Recurrent polyps following polypectomy arose in 65% of cases. Tumor relapses emerging mainly within the first postoperative year occurred in 14% of cases. In 4 patients with cancer its onset was registered at the site of the removed large adenomas of complex histological structure. Colonoscopy proved an adequate method of diagnosis and follow-up of colon polyps. Endoscopic polypectomy can be considered as a measure to prevent colon cancer.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Nikiforov
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Bivol
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Teremkov
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Gur'ev
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Kolonoskopiia v diagnostike i dinamicheskom nabliudenii za polipami tolstoĭ kishki.