A new study from researchers in Indiana reports that use of a retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and results in the detection of additional adenomatous ...

August 19, 2011 — Water immersion (filling the colon with water instead of air) and capping the colonoscope tip are 2 fairly recent developments in colonoscopy that may improve insertion success, ...

Research exploring the progression of colon polyps to colorectal cancer and evaluating techniques to improve polyp detection was among the clinical science presented at the 75th Annual Scientific ...

Quality in colonoscopy is defined by the capacity to detect and characterise premalignant lesions, thereby reducing the incidence of colorectal cancer and interval carcinomas. Key performance ...

A study presented at Digestive Disease Week 2017 examined the effectiveness of an underwater colonoscopy technique, Medscape reports. UC Irvine Medical Center Anish Patel, MD, and colleagues used an ...

A new study published in the August issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, shows that the use of retroflexion ...

Adenoma detection rates during colonoscopy might be influenced by procedural technique and the time taken by the endoscopist to withdraw the colonoscope. This single-center, prospective study included ...

The use of a retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and results in the detection of additional adenomatous (precancerous) polyps in approximately four percent ...

An endoscopic technique known as retroflexion, when used in the right side of the colon, may increase the diagnostic yield of polyps, including large adenomas (larger than 10 millimeters) and serrated ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – August 4, 2011 – A new study from researchers in Indiana reports that use of a retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and results in the ...