Endoscopic monitoring in inflammatory bowel diseases: in whom, when, and how?

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases are the chronic and relapsing pathologies of the gastrointestinal system. Endoscopic evaluation and approach models are very important tools in the diagnosis, follow-up and sometimes treatment of these cases. Endoscopic evaluation is no longer merely a screening method in inflammatory bowel diseases. Due to developments in endoscopic technology and treatment models in recent years, it is now actively used in sample collection from the targeted areas, cancer surveillance and in therapeutic processes.

Keywords

• Inflammatory bowel disease
• endoscopic evaluation

İnflamatuvar barsak hastalıklarında endoskopik izlem: Kime? Ne zaman? Nasıl?

Öz

İnflamatuvar barsak hastalıkları gastrointestinal sistemin kronik, tekrarlayıcı patolojileridir. Endoskopik incelemeler ve işlemler bu olguların tanı, takip ve bazen de tedavisinde yer alan çok önemli araçlardır. Son yıllardaki endoskopi teknolojisinde ve endoskopik girişimlerdeki gelişmeler sonucu inflamatuvar barsak hastalığı olgularında endoskopi; sadece görüntüleme yöntemi olmaktan çıkmış, spesifik olarak hedeflenen alanlardan örnek toplanmasında, kanser izleminde, tedavi edici işlemlerde aktif olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İnflamatuvar barsak hastalığı
• endoskopik
• de¤erlendirme

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