A study evaluating the use of a recommended withdrawal time of six minutes from the cecum in colonoscopy procedures supports this practice as a way to improve the detection of polyps, according to ...

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Patrick Hellen is an avid golfer who was in good health when he underwent a routine colonoscopy in 2017. The procedure revealed a polyp in the cecum - the first ...

A study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy suggests dynamic patient position changes during the withdrawal period of a colonoscopy can significantly increase the detection of polyps and adenomas.

Researchers have found that technically efficient screening and diagnostic colonoscopy generally requires experience with 150 cases or more. Colonoscopy is a fiberoptic (endoscopic) procedure in which ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cap-assisted colonoscopy can detect more polyps and requires a shorter cecal intubation time than standard ...

October 29, 2010 (San Antonio, Texas) — The use of a retroflexion technique in the proximal colon during colonoscopy improves the yield of polyps and the miss rate associated with lesions on the ...

Perforation is a known, major complication of upper and lower endoscopy. The incidence of perforation is higher during therapeutic vs diagnostic procedures. Management of perforation ranges from ...

ORLANDO -- Computer-assisted image analysis during colonoscopy could help clinicians better detect polyps and achieve adenoma detection rates (ADRs) that are closer to true adenoma prevalence, ...

WASHINGTON — Cold snare polypectomy safely removed small colonic polyps with minimal immediate complications and no known late complications, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.