Screening colonoscopy has been found to be effective for distal colon cancer prevention, but its role in preventing right-sided cancer remains uncertain. A recent study published in The American ...

August 12, 2011 — Right-sided colon retroflexion is safe and may lower the miss rate for adenomas, according to the results of a prospective observational study reported in the August issue of ...

October 29, 2010 (San Antonio, Texas) — The use of a retroflexion technique in the proximal colon during colonoscopy improves the yield of polyps and the miss rate associated with lesions on the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Adenoma detection rates in patients undergoing colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening were ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – August 4, 2011 – A new study from researchers in Indiana reports that use of a retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and results in the ...

A colonoscopy maneuver to better detect polyps in the right colon is often poorly preformed in practice, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in BMC Gastroenterology. This finding and ...