title: Quality in colonoscopy: European perspectives and practice.
abstract: Colonoscopy is the 'gold standard' investigation of the colon. High quality colonoscopy is essential to diagnose early cancer and reduce its incidence through the detection and removal of pre-malignant adenomas. In this review, we discuss the key components of a high quality colonoscopy, review methods for improving quality, emerging technologies that have the potential to improve quality and highlight areas for future work.
authors.affiliation: South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE34 0PL, UK.
authors.forename: Colin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: Praveen T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Rajasekhar
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rutter
authors.forename: Evelein
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dekker
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*