A study, published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, examined why patients visited emergency departments after colonoscopies to assess a proposed quality measure. Laurie Grossberg, MD, of Boston-based ...

The study was designed as a randomized controlled open trial, and was conducted at the Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.

Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in the United States and the second-leading cause in men. Colorectal cancer includes cancers arising in the colon or ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – January 28, 2014 – A new study reports that in the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate ...

(BPT) – Your doctor just recommended you have a colonoscopy and you’re suddenly struck with a feeling of dread. No one looks forward to having a colonoscopy, but due to numerous myths and ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of large colorectal adenomas resulted in a lower recurrence rate compared with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), but the more technically complex ESD had a ...

There are substantial changes in store for lower GI endoscopy procedures in 2015. Here are 12 things to know about the revisions, according to the American Gastroenterological Association. • The CPT ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;27(8):1377-1383. Our study analyzed the relationship between complete resection and morphology of the polyps. The rate of complete resection of protruded polyps in the ...

A new study reports that in the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate patients referred for surgical resection. In ...

In the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate patients referred for surgical resection, reports a new study. In the ...