1. General Aspects of Colonoscopy

* History of Colonoscopy in the Rectum and Colon

* The Colonoscopy Suite

* The Colonoscopy Assistant

* Informed Consent for Colonoscopy
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2. Teaching and Quality Aspects

* Training in Colonoscopy

* Teaching Aids in Colonoscopy

* Teaching Colonoscopy

* Role of Simulators in Endoscopy

* Continuous Quality Improvement in Colonoscopy
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3. Indications, Contraindications, Screening, and Complications

* Indications and Contraindications

* Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy by Indication

* Screening Colonoscopy: Rationale and Performance

* Cost-effectiveness of Colonoscopy Screening

* Hereditary Colorectal Cancer

* Complications
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4. Reports and Imaging

* Standardization of the Endoscopic Report

* Reporting and Image Management
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5. Preparation for Colonoscopy

* Preparation for Colonoscopy

* Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Colonoscopy

* Management of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Agents

* Sedation for Colonoscopy
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6. Hardware

* The Video Colonoscope

* The Colonoscope Insertion Tube

* Magnetic Imaging of Colonoscopy

* Accessories

* Clips, Loops, and Bands: Applications in the Colon

* Colonoscopic Biopsy

* Cleaning and Disinfection
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7. Basic Procedure

* Insertion Technique

* Missed Neoplasms and Optimal Colonoscopic Withdrawal Technique
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8. Colon Polyps: Incidence, Growth and Pathology

* Polyp Biology

* Colon Polyps, Prevalence rates, Incidence Rates, and Growth Rates

* Pathology of Colorectal Polyps
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9. Polypectomy

* Principles of Electrosurgery, Laser, and Argon Plasma Coagulation with Particular Regard to Colonoscopy

* Polypectomy -
Basic Principles

* Difficult Polypectomy

* Retrieval of Colonic Polyps
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10. Malignant Polyp, Surveillance Post-Polypectomy, Post-Cancer Resection

* Management of the Malignant Polyps

* Postpolypectomy Surveillance

* Colonoscopy after Colon Cancer Resection
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11. Neoplastic Detection and Staging: New Techniques

* Magnifying Colonoscopy, Early Colorectal Cancer, and Flat Adenomas

* Flat and Depressed Colorectal Adenomas in the Western Hemisphere

* Chromoendoscopy

* Optical Techniques for the Endoscopic Detection of Early Dysplastic Colonic Lesions

* Endoscopic Ultrasonography of the Colon

* Virtual Colonoscopy in the Evaluation of Colonic Diseases
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12. Clinical use of Colonoscopy

* Colonoscopy and Severe Hematochezia

* Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

* Infections and Other Noninflammatory-Bowel-Disease Colitides

* Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction

* Radiation Proctopathy

* Benign and Malignant Colorectal Strictures

* Pediatric Colonoscopy
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13. Future of Colonoscopy

* The Future of Colonoscopy