Publications by authors named "Diego Mauricio Aponte Marin"
Rev Gastroenterol Peru
May 2022
Article Synopsis
- Patients with chronic diarrhea frequently undergo colonoscopy, but the effectiveness of biopsies during these evaluations is debated.
- A retrospective study from 2015 to 2019 reviewed 535 patients, revealing that over half underwent biopsies, with 55.1% resulting in a definitive histopathological diagnosis.
- The study concluded that colonoscopy and biopsies are valuable for diagnosing chronic diarrhea, achieving a histological diagnosis for more than half of the patients, although ileoscopy provided less additional information.
