title: Proctosigmoidoscopy in primary health care.
abstract: Of 282 patients who underwent rigid proctosigmoidoscopy (PSS) in primary care in the city of Västerås during 1985, 5.7% had polyps or tumours in the rectum. Barium examination of the large bowel was performed on 194 of these 282 patients and showed polyps or tumours in 6.2%. Use of these two methods led to diagnosis of polyps or tumour in the large bowel in 9.6% (27/282). Polyps were found by both methods in only one patient. Of four patients with tumours, two were discovered by barium examination and two by PSS. Barium examination and PSS complement each other in the search for polyps and tumours in the large bowel.
authors: City of Västerås, Sweden.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Jonsson
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Jonasson
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Leppert
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001464:Barium; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011859:Radiography; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D001464:Barium