Research Article
Usefulness of Routine Terminal Ileoscopy and Biopsy during Colonoscopy in a Tropical Setting: A Retrospective Record-Based Study
Table 1
Indications for colonoscopy.
| Indication for colonoscopy | Number of patients | Percentage (%) |
| Group A | | | RIF pain | 121 | 15.83 | diarrhoea | 224 | 29.31 | Anaemia | 75 | 9.81 | Suspected IBD | 81 | 10.6 | RIF pain and diarrhoea | 14 | 1.83 | Anaemia and diarrhoea | 6 | 0.78 | Raised inflammatory markers | 6 | 0.78 | Bleeding PR and RIF pain | 8 | 1.04 | Bleeding PR and Diarrhoea | 20 | 2.61 | Subtotal | 555 | 72.64 |
| Group B | | | Polyps | 7 | 0.91 | IBS | 29 | 3.79 | Loss of weight | 17 | 2.22 | LIF pain | 22 | 2.87 | Constipation | 60 | 7.85 | Bleeding PR | 45 | 5.89 | Other | 29 | 3.79 | Subtotal | 209 | 27.36 |
| Total | 764 | 100.00 |
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