Virtual colonoscopy <i>vs</i> conventional colonoscopy in patients at high risk of colorectal cancer – a prospective trial of 150 patients

Abstract

Virtual colonoscopy is an effective and safe method for evaluating the bowel and was the investigation of choice amongst patients surveyed. VC provided information additional to CC on both proximal and extracolonic pathology. VC may become the diagnostic procedure of choice for symptomatic patients at high risk of CRC, with CC being reserved for therapeutic intervention, or where a tissue diagnosis is required.