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1948-5190 (online) |
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This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Retrospective Study |
| Article Title |
Addressing gastrointestinal disorders in rural Ethiopia: Success of a weekend outreach colonoscopy service
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Invited Manuscript |
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Guda M Roro, Elias M Roro and Dabessa M Abebe |
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| Corresponding Author |
Guda M Roro, Assistant Professor, Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, Zambia Street, Addis Ababa 55215, Sub city, Ethiopia. gudamerda2@gmail.com |
| Key Words |
Southwest Ethiopia; Resource-limited Countries; Outreach; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Feasibility; Colorectal Cancer; Colonoscopy |
| Core Tip |
Over the past six years, we have performed over 6,000 endoscopy procedures at an outreach site in southwest Ethiopia, a region lacking a functional endoscopy unit. Among the 1,612 colonoscopy findings, the most common were nonspecific inflammation (28%), colorectal masses (13%), inflammatory bowel disease (12%), and polyps (10%). Notably, half of the colorectal cancer cases in this study occurred in patients under 50, with a prevalence of 18.8% in females and 10.8% in males. This contradicts the global trend, where the disease predominantly affects males and older individuals. Less than 5% of all patients underwent colonoscopy for screening or suspected colorectal cancer |
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2025-09-12 05:31 |
| Citation |
Roro GM, Roro EM, Abebe DM. Addressing gastrointestinal disorders in rural Ethiopia: Success of a weekend outreach colonoscopy service. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2025; 17(9): 110476 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v17/i9/110476.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.110476 |
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