Post-polypectomy colonoscopy surveillance is widely implemented to reduce colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, yet increasing evidence raises concerns about whether current strategies are ...

While endoscopy is a procedure in which the gastro-intestinal tract (GI tract), colonoscopy is an examination of the large intestine through a scope placed into the body at the rectum. But it is often ...

WEDNESDAY, June 6, 2018 -- Getting a colonoscopy or an endoscopy may be riskier than you thought. Researchers report that the rate of infections following these procedures at outpatient ambulatory ...

Capsule endoscopy options in the gastroenterology field have grown, though colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. How do these two different screening methods compare?

The rates of infection following colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at U.S. outpatient specialty centers are far higher than previously believed, according to a Johns Hopkins study ...

Adenoma detection rate (ADR) is one of the most important indicators of endoscopy quality, as an increased ADR is related to reduced rates of interval cancer. Although several new technologies have ...

Colonoscopy has come under attack as an unnecessarily expensive procedure and much of the public scrutiny has focused on payment to physicians. But, should physicians be paid less for the procedure?

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Food left in the stomach or stool left in the bowel can impede a doctor's ability to successfully perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy. Now, research finds this scenario is more likely if the patient ...

In over 90% of cases, an AI-based clinical decision support system delivered colonoscopy surveillance intervals aligned with ...