Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2013)

A Simple Method to Improve Adenoma Detection Rate During Colonoscopy: Altering Patient Position

  • Aydin Şeref Köksal,
  • İsmail Hakkı Kalkan,
  • Serkan Torun,
  • İsmail Taşkıran,
  • Erkin Öztaş,
  • Ertuğrul Kayaçetin,
  • Nurgül Şaşmaz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/276043
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 9
pp. 509 – 512

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: 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%.