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It is critically important that colorectal cancer patients undergo colonoscopy after surgery to ensure that they do not have a second colon cancer, and to find and remove any additional polyps.

Feb. 16, 2016 (Bethesda, MD) -- It is critically important that colorectal cancer patients undergo colonoscopy after surgery to ensure that they do not have a second colon cancer, and to find and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent column regarding cognitive decline after surgery suggested careful consideration prior to elective surgery. Does this advice apply to screening colonoscopies? Since it’s ...

Capsule endoscopy diagnoses more Crohn's disease recurrence after surgery than colonoscopy. Capsule endoscopy led to changes in therapy for more than half of the patients studied. Crohn's disease is a ...

A new study reports that in the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate patients referred for surgical resection. In ...

Artificial intelligence-assisted colonoscopy improved the overall detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy, according to a recent study. In light of the findings, researchers said ...

The first man died in April 2014. Another died later that month. Then, on July 18 of that year, a woman was rushed to a hospital where she was told she was lucky to be alive. They all went to the same ...

The popularity of ambulatory surgery centers has seen a continuous rise in recent years. These same-day surgery centers are more convenient and less expensive for patients by providing care—including ...

Don’t the doctors know the rules? That’s the question being asked by ASCs these days because a number of claims are still being denied due to the facility billing a diagnostic colonoscopy while the ...

Post-operative colonoscopy is linked with improved overall survival for colorectal cancer patients, and 0.7 to 7% of patients have a second, concurrent cancer. It is critically important that ...