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 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 ...

A 75-year-old woman, who had undergone appendectomy in the 1980s, was admitted to our department in November 2018 for endoscopic removal of an ileocecal polyp diagnosed during routine colonoscopy in ...

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 ...

The results of new study demonstrate the use of a split-dose preparation for colonoscopy improves both polyp detection rates and adenoma detection rates, according to a news release (pdf). The study, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A patient who had repeatedly refused routine screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), despite having lost his 80-year-old father to the disease, was again advised to undergo a colonoscopy at age 56. He ...