New method of polyp detection in the right side of the colon

A new study from researchers in Indiana reports that use of a retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and results in the detection of additional adenomatous polyps in approximately four percent of patients. The results of study have been published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). Read full text »