Exclusion criteria were recurrent lesions with previous EMR; lesions diagnosed as deeply submucosal invasive cancer by colonoscopy; non-neoplastic polyps; or pedunculated polyps.

Polypectomy is a fundamental practice in colonoscopy, well known to effectively reduce colon cancer incidence and mortality. However, despite numerous advances in polyp resection techniques and ...

The study objective was to analyze the results of routine repeat colonoscopy in patients referred for surgical resection of colon polyps without biopsy-proven cancer.

Conclusions: Endoscopic mucosal resection using 0.13% HA to colon polyps of less than 20 mm diameter is more effective than NS for complete resection and maintenance of mucosal elevation.

Every year, tens of thousands of people face serious colon surgery to remove big polyps before they can morph into colon cancer. Many have part of their colon removed at the same time — and face ...

'Underwater' endoscopic mucosal resection (UEMR) could eliminate the need for submucosal injection of large sessile colorectal polyps prior to resection.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old male who recently had a colonoscopy and had several polyps removed, but there was also a “flat polyp” that couldn’t be removed. My doctor said that he ...

Understand what it means to find polyps inside your large intestine or colon and what it means if your doctor finds one.

Enivornmental factors and genetics play a role in colon health, but there may be another unexpected factor, as well.

If the physician performed a hot biopsy forceps removal (CPT 45384), then a total of two different techniques were performed on two separate polyps and both may be reported. If determined that a cold ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old male who recently had a colonoscopy and had several polyps removed, but there was also a “flat polyp” that couldn’t be removed. My doctor said that he ...