Is a routine preoperative rectosigmoidoscopy necessary in patients with bilateral inguinal hernia?
BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, vol.113, no.10, pp.604-606, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 113 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.4149/bll_2012_135
- Journal Name: BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.604-606
- Keywords: bilateral inguinal hernias, rectosigmoidoscopy, FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY, COLON-CARCINOMA, BARIUM ENEMA, CANCER, YIELD
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the association between bilateral inguinal hernias and colorectal cancers.