Role of colonoscopy in diagnosis of colorectal pathologies: A study in a tertiary care centre of Bundelkhand Region

This paper evaluate colonoscopy in diagnosing different intestinal pathologies in the patients presenting with lower gastrointestinal tract symptoms. Total 76 patients with symptoms of lower GIT pathology were selected and further evaluated by colonoscopy. Biopsies were taken from lesions seen in colonoscopic examination. The final diagnosis was made after histopathological report. Colonoscopy findings showed pathologies in 50 cases while 26 cases showed no pathology. Majority of lesions were inflammatory (18 cases), then followed by colorectal carcinoma (11 cases), ulcerative colitis (8 cases), polyp (6 cases), solitary rectal cancer (4 cases) and Crohn's disease (3 case). Early diagnosis of carcinoma confirmed by biopsy and later surgery. Majority of patients (86.85%) showed no complications due to colonoscopy procedure. Colonoscopy is very useful in surveillance of high risk patients for colorectal carcinoma and long-standing cases of inflammatory bowel disease.