Water-Aided Colonoscopy
The successful intubation of the cecum during screening or surveillance colonoscopy is vital to ensure complete mucosal inspection of the colon on withdrawal. Even when performed by an experienced endoscopist,…
GASTOINESTINAL SURGERY
Techniques and Technologies to Maximize Mucosal Exposure
Performing high-quality colonoscopy is one of the important goals of gastroenterology practices and requires achieving a high level of bowel cleansing, performing good and safe polypectomy, and detecting all polyps…
Advances in Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy
Precolonoscopy bowel preparation is adequate to identify lesions larger than 5 mm about 70% to 75% of the time, but the opportunity for further improvement exists. The use of high-quality formulations…
Colorectal Neoplasia Pathways
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease and each CRC possesses a unique molecular tumor profile. The main pathways of oncogenesis are the chromosomal instability, microsatellite instability and serrated neoplasia…
Advances in Colonoscopy
Charles J. Kahi, MD, MSc, Editor Related posts: Water-Aided Colonoscopy Electronic Imaging to Enhance Lesion Detection at Colonoscopy Chromocolonoscopy Colonic Strictures Management of Polypectomy Complications Colonoscopy Quality Assessment
Modern Colonoscopy Continues to Evolve and Improve
Charles J. Lightdale, MD, Consulting Editor This is not your father’s colonoscopy. A generation ago, it seemed that colonoscopy had probably peaked and couldn’t get much better. Colonoscopy became the…
Tips and Tricks on How to Optimally Manage Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Effective endoscopic therapy for upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding has been shown to reduce rebleeding, need for surgery, and mortality. Effective endoscopic management of acute upper GI bleeding can be challenging…
Unusual Causes of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is an important clinical condition managed routinely by endoscopists. Diagnostic and therapeutic options vary immensely based on the source of bleeding and it is important for…
Management of Patients with Rebleeding
Peptic ulcer bleeding is a common emergency. Management of ulcer bleeding requires prompt risk stratification, initiation of pharmacotherapy, and timely evaluation for endoscopy. Although endoscopy can achieve primary hemostasis in…
New Technologies and Approaches to Endoscopic Control of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is considered the first line of therapy. Although standard techniques, such as epinephrine injection, through-the-scope hemoclips, bipolar coagulation, argon plasma coagulation, and band ligation…
