"Rectosigmoidoscopy, Colonoscopy Show Strong Agreement in Disease Activity Assessment in UC"
A recent study showed strong correlations between rectosigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy in evaluations of disease activity and mucosal healing in patients with ulcerative colitis. “Because of its strong ability to detect active disease, rectosigmoidoscopy should be sufficient in clinical practice for evaluating previously diagnosed patients with new symptoms. However, in cases in which rectosigmoidoscopy has detected endoscopic healing in response to induction therapy, but symptoms persist, performance of a more extensive examination with colonoscopy is justified,” said Jean-Frédéric Colombel, MD, director of the Susan and Leonard Feinstein IBD Clinical Center at Mount Sinai. Learn more.