Adherence to Guidelines for Surveillance Colonoscopy in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis at a Canadian Quaternary Care Hospital

BACKGROUND: Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are at high risk of colonic dysplasia. Therefore, surveillance colonoscopy to detect early dysplasia has been endorsed by many professional organizations. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether gastroenterologists at Hamilton Health Sciences (Hamilton, Ontario) adhere to recommendations for UC surveillance issued by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and to retrospectively assess the …