Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia

In Malaysia where colorectal cancer screening is not practiced, the detection of colorectal cancers and their precursors are usually in symptomatic patients. Colonoscopy is a widely available diagnostic tool for colorectal diseases. A growing demand of colonoscopic examination in medical practice h...

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Main Authors:	Ramasamy, Prabhu, Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani, Singh, Harbhajan, Singh, Manjit, Lee, Peter, Md Nor, Azmi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	RD Surgery
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/17923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17923/1/coloproctology%25202010.pdf

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spelling	iium-179232012-02-05T07:06:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17923/ Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia Ramasamy, Prabhu Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Manjit Lee, Peter Md Nor, Azmi RD Surgery In Malaysia where colorectal cancer screening is not practiced, the detection of colorectal cancers and their precursors are usually in symptomatic patients. Colonoscopy is a widely available diagnostic tool for colorectal diseases. A growing demand of colonoscopic examination in medical practice has led to an inevitable rise in health care cost. Therefore, there is a need to optimize the resources for colonoscopic examination. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17923/1/coloproctology%25202010.pdf Ramasamy, Prabhu and Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani and Singh, Harbhajan and Singh, Manjit and Lee, Peter and Md Nor, Azmi (2010) Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia. In: 5th Scientific Congress of Asean Society of Colorectal Surgeons & Coloproctology 2010 (8th Malaysian Colorectal Conference) , 5-6 March 2010, Shangri La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.colorectalmy.org/download/past_abstracts/coloproctology%202010.pdf
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spellingShingle	RD Surgery Ramasamy, Prabhu Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Manjit Lee, Peter Md Nor, Azmi Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia
description	In Malaysia where colorectal cancer screening is not practiced, the detection of colorectal cancers and their precursors are usually in symptomatic patients. Colonoscopy is a widely available diagnostic tool for colorectal diseases. A growing demand of colonoscopic examination in medical practice has led to an inevitable rise in health care cost. Therefore, there is a need to optimize the resources for colonoscopic examination.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ramasamy, Prabhu Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Manjit Lee, Peter Md Nor, Azmi
author_facet	Ramasamy, Prabhu Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Manjit Lee, Peter Md Nor, Azmi
author_sort	Ramasamy, Prabhu
title	Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia
title_short	Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia
title_full	Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia
title_sort	diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in malaysia
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/17923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17923/1/coloproctology%25202010.pdf
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Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with colorectal symptoms from two hospitals in Malaysia

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