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- Title
Diagnostic yield from symptomatic lower gastrointestinal endoscopy in the UK: A British Society of Gastroenterology analysis using data from the National Endoscopy Database.
- Authors
Beaton, David; Sharp, Linda; Lu, Liya; Trudgill, Nigel; Thoufeeq, Mo; Nicholson, Brian; Rogers, Peter; Docherty, James; Jenkins, Anna; Morris, A. John; Rösch, Thomas; Rutter, Matthew
- Abstract
Summary: Background: The value of lower gastrointestinal endoscopy (LGIE; colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy) relates to its ability to detect clinically relevant findings, predominantly cancers, preneoplastic polyps or inflammatory bowel disease. There are concerns that many LGIEs are performed on low‐risk patients with limited benefit. Aims: To determine the diagnostic outcomes of LGIE for common symptoms. Methods: We performed a cross‐sectional study of diagnostic LGIE between March 2019 and February 2020 using the UK National Endoscopy Database. We used mixed‐effects logistic regression models, incorporating random (endoscopist) and fixed (symptoms, patient age, and sex) effects upon two dependent variables (large polyp [≥10 mm] and cancer diagnosis). Adjusted positive predictive values (aPPVs) were calculated. Results: We analysed 384,510 LGIEs; 33.2% were performed on patients aged under 50 and 53.6% on women. Regarding colonoscopies, the unadjusted PPV for cancer was 1.5% (95% CI: 1.4–1.5); higher for men than women (1.9% vs. 1.1%, p < 0.01). The PPV for large polyps was 3.2% (95% CI: 3.1–3.2). The highest colonoscopy cancer aPPVs were in the over 50s (1.9%) and in those with rectal bleeding (2.5%) or anaemia (2.1%). Cancer aPPVs for other symptoms were <1% despite representing 54.3% of activity. In patients under 50, aPPVs were 0.4% for cancer and 1.6% for large polyps. Results were similar for sigmoidoscopy. Conclusions: Most colonoscopies were performed on patients with low‐risk symptoms, where cancer risk was similar to the general population. Cancer and large polyp yield was highest in elderly patients with rectal bleeding or anaemia, although still fell short of FIT‐based screening yields.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; DATABASES; ENDOSCOPY; OLDER patients; DATA analysis; MEDICAL screening; INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases
- Publication
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2024, Vol 59, Issue 12, p1589
- ISSN
0269-2813
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/apt.18003