Guidelines of the French Society of Digestive Endoscopy: Total Colonoscopy Indications

Introduction by Michel Greff M.D., International Secretary of the French Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SFED)

Since 1998 the French Council of Digestive Endoscopy Society has published standards for good practice in endoscopy. These recommendations appear to be the best way to arrive at the most optimal practice in medicine at the moment. Written by a group of experts and corrected by an even larger expert group, they are regularly updated in a written form in order to help with decision making.

The “Total Colonoscopy Indications” document was prepared by P. Carayon and The Council of the SFED, according to the Medical Recommendations and References of the Agence Nationale pour le Développement de l'Evaluation Médicale (ANDEM) and Sickness Insurance [1] and the conclusions of the Consensus Conference on cancers of the colon [2].

References

• 1 Agence Nationale pour le Développement de l'Evaluation Médicale (ANDEM). Endoscopies digestives basses. Recommandations et références médicales.  Gastroentérol Clin Biol. 1996;  20 881-896
• 2 Conférence de Consensus. Prévention, dépistage et prise en charge des cancers du côlon. Texte des experts et du groupe bibliographique. Conclusions et recommandations du jury.  Gastroentérol Clin Biol. 1998;  22 295-