Open AccessA Simple Method to Improve Adenoma Detection Rate During Colonoscopy: Altering Patient Position
Author(s) -
Aydın Şeref Köksal,
İsmail Hakkı Kalkan,
Serkan Torun,
İsmail Taşkıran,
Erkin Öztaş,
Ertuğrul Kayaçeti̇n,
Nurgül Şaşmaz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2013/276043
Subject(s) - colonoscopy , simple (philosophy) , position (finance) , adenoma , computer science , medicine , computer vision , colorectal cancer , business , cancer , philosophy , epistemology , finance
Colonoscopy is currently considered to be the gold standard method for detecting and removing adenomatous polyps. However, tandem colonoscopy studies reveal a pooled polyp miss rate of 22%.
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