title: [Construction and application of colorectal polyp database].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the construction and application of computerized database of colorectal polyp in the clinical management and research of this disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A colorectal polyp database and its management system was constructed on the basis of Microsoft Access 2000. Clinical, endoscopic and pathological data, which went through standardized and elemental processing, of 2 627 cases (4 850 records) of colorectal polyp collected from 1990 to 2000 in Nanfang Hospital was entered into this database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using this new database, the information on the population and age distribution, location and clinical features of colorectal polyps were obtained. Comparative study of the clinical and pathological findings in the cases, evaluation of the therapeutic effects, statistical review of the identification of the polyp and its canceration in the previous years as well as the analysis of other relevant factors were successfully accomplished, which greatly facilitated the follow-up study of some chosen cases that may be of clinical significance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Applications of modern informatics and computer technology greatly facilitates case management and clinical research of colorectal polyps, and standardized and elemental processing of the clinical data offers a new possibility for easy case information management.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Digestive Diseases of PLA, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical Unicersity, Guangzhou 510515, China. dan@fimmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Han-Lei
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Dan
authors.forename: Feng-Peng
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ya-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Cun-Long
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: De-Shou
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Tian-Mo
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Dian-Yuan
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000628:therapy; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D008490:Medical Informatics