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5 Colonoscopy
Game-Changers
EXPANDED SCOPE Physicians want
tools that help them perform quality
screenings during every exam.
Several advances provide physicians with
better views of more areas of the colon.
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rocedure times and cecum intubations are important to track,
but polyp detection rate is the No. 1 quality indicator of
colonoscopy. "Deaths from colorectal cancer simply shouldn't
happen, because colon cancer is a preventable disease," says Stephen
Lloyd, MD, PhD, medical director of the South Carolina Medical
Endoscopy Center in Columbia. Some exciting new innovations have
hit the market in recent years to give physicians better views of more
areas of the colon so they can better identify pre-cancerous growths
and save more lives.
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Research published by Anna M. Buchner, MD, PhD, in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | N O V E M B E R 2013
