Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 2010; 23: 010-013DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247851ABSTRACTColonoscopy is the premier method for colonic evaluation and its diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic safety depends on the quality of the colonic cleansing. Bowel cleansing with polyethylene glycol and sodium phosphate provides cleansing with high-quality preparations with an acceptably low morbidity rate and a high degree of patient satisfaction in a cost-effective manner. Modifications have reduced the volume of the polyethylene glycol preparations. Sodium phosphate has been associated with electrolyte and osmolarity imbalances and nephrocalcinosis; therefore, its clinical use has been questioned. Polyethylene glycol may be safer in patients with a history of significant renal, heart, or liver disease......
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Current Status of Chromoendoscopy and Narrow Band Imaging in Colonoscopy
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 2010; 23: 021-030DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247853ABSTRACTColonoscopy, the preferred procedure for colon cancer screening, has well-documented limitations. To improve colonoscopy's effectiveness, augmented endoscopy techniques, such as chromoendoscopy and narrow band imaging (NBI) have been evaluated. Both techniques are inexpensive, safe, and relatively easy to perform. Chromoendoscopy has an increasingly important role in surveillance of IBD, but significant work is needed to determine the optimal staining techniques and mucosal surface pattern analysis before this technique can be incorporated into routine clinical practice. NBI is a much newer technology with far less data. Well-designed prospective randomized controlled trials have failed to identify a be......
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Endoscopic Treatment for Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 2010; 23: 031-036DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247855ABSTRACTLower gastrointestinal bleeding is common and can result from several colonic causes including diverticulosis, arteriovenous malformations, ischemia, inflammatory bowel disease, infectious colitis, neoplasm, postpolypectomy, and anastomotic and radiation proctitis. Following resuscitation and evaluation, colonoscopy can be used for diagnosis and treatment. Most physicians prescribe a bowel preparation for their patients. Therapeutic options include injection, coagulation (monopolar or bipolar cautery, argon plasma coagulator), and mechanical (clips, bands, detachable loops) devices.[...]© Thieme Medical PublishersGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Clinics in Col......
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Video: First Ever Live TV Anchor Colonoscopy
In Full: CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric guided The Early Show anchor Harry Smith through a colonoscopy on live TV. Couric is an advocate of colorectal cancer prevention. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 10:22 AM --
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Video: First Ever Live TV Colonoscopy
In Full: CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric guided The Early Show anchor Harry Smith through a colonoscopy on live TV. Couric is an advocate of colorectal cancer prevention. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
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Video: Harry Smith's Colonoscopy Results
Dr. Mark Pochapin gave Harry Smith a good bill of health after his live televised colonoscopy. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 08:18 AM --
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Harry Smith Gets Colonoscopy Live On 'Early Show'
"Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith underwent a colonoscopy Wednesday - and the show broadcast live reports as he underwent the procedure. Viewers also learned what Smith had to do to prepare for it. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 08:04 AM --
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Video: Colonoscopy Fact vs. Fiction
Harry Smith gets the scoop of a lifetime before his live on-camera colonoscopy from Dr. Mark Pochapin, director of the The Jay Monahan Ctr. for Gastrointestinal Health. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
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Inside Colonoscopy Screenings
Dr. Mark Pochapin Explains How Doctors Perform This Important Test for Colon Cancer (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
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Harry Smith's On-Air Colonoscopy
"Early Show" Co-Anchor Gets Support from "CBS Evening News" Anchor Katie Couric Before Live Screening (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 07:33 AM --
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Video: Colonoscopy Prep for Harry Smith
Katie Couric helps Harry Smith get ready for his colonoscopy and explains why the procedure is so important for men and women. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
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Harry Smith Preps for On-Air Colonoscopy
"Early Show" Co-Anchor Gets Support from "CBS Evening News" Anchor Katie Couric Before Live Screening (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 06:19 AM --
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients Not More Likely To Get Colon Cancer
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies, according to new research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. "Patients and doctors get nervous about the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)," says William D. Chey, M.D., professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. "They think the symptoms represent something more sinister... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients Not More Likely To Get Colon Cancer
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies, according to new research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. "Patients and doctors get nervous about the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)," says William D. Chey, M.D... (Source: GastroIntestinal News From Medical News Today)...
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VC CAD: Projection-based features reduce false positives
An advanced visualization method for virtual colonoscopy could help computer-aided (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)...
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Harry Smith colonoscopy to air on `Early Show'
"The Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith is scheduled to have a colonoscopy Wednesday, with live reports planned as he undergoes the procedure at a New York hospital. (Source: Wash Post Health)...
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Computed image modification for enhancement of small-bowel surface structures at video capsule endoscopy
EndoscopyDOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243994Computed virtual chromoendoscopy with the Fujinon intelligent color-enhancement (FICE) system was reported to improve visualization of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions at gastroscopy and colonoscopy. The technique is based on narrowing the bandwidth of the conventional endoscopic image arithmetically by a spectral estimation technology. Implementation of the FICE software in the video capsule workstation might also allow for contrast-enhanced assessment of nature and extent of small-bowel mucosal lesions. Here we propose this novel technique and report on 10 consecutive patients who underwent small-bowel video capsule endoscopy that was evaluated with FICE-enhanced imaging.[...]© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of co......
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Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome not more likely to develop polyps, colon cancer
(University of Michigan Health System) Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)...
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One-day bowel prep eases VC for patients, providers
VIENNA - A one-day bowel prep and virtual colonoscopy exam regimen offers sufficiently (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)...
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Colonoscopy in Hong Kong Chinese children.
CONCLUSION: Colonoscopy is a safe procedure in our Chinese children. The increasing diagnosis of IBD in recent decades may reflect a rising incidence of the disease in our children.
PMID: 20205284 [PubMed - in process] (Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG)...
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