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Role of endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease

  

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Hebei Key Laboratory of
    Gastroenterology; Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Shijiazhuang  050000,China
  • Online:2016-08-05 Published:2016-07-30
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Zhang Xiaolan,Email: xiaolanzh@126.com

Abstract: Endoscopy has a crucial role in the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease(IBD). Endoscopy has also a part in evaluating disease condition, mucosal healing(MH) and the risk  for postsurgical recurrence, monitoring or screening colorectal cancer (CRC), and in providing endoscopic treatment for inflammatory bowel hemorrhage and strictures,fistulas, primarysclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma.

Key words: inflammatory bowel disease, endoscopy, diagnosis, evaluate disease condition, colorectal cancersurveillance, endoscopic treatment