Endoscopy procedures for the digestive system—upper endoscopy and colonoscopy—are similar in that they require preparation and are usually done while the person is sedated. They are useful for ...

The scale rates three sections of the colon, right (cecum and ascending ... or anticoagulant agent in a patient undergoing endoscopy should be based upon the patient's relative risks of ...

Capsule endoscopy is safe but “the sensitivity for detecting colonic lesion[s] is lower than for colonoscopy”, says André Van Gossum, lead researcher of a study that has compared these two ...

The small bowel is an area we really can't see, because they can do an upper endoscopy and look at your ... And instead of the colon, the barium enemas, the lower GIs, but the upper GI is when ...

Use of an automatic quality control system during routine colonoscopy increased adenoma ... providing quality exams for upper endoscopy and more. Metabolic surgery significantly lowered risk ...

[1–3] This increase is, in turn, probably due to patients' preferences (for example, for colonoscopy ... received propofol for interventional upper endoscopy, multivariate analysis revealed ...