Endoscopy has long been viewed as the gold standard for diagnosing issues in the gastrointestinal tract, but the capsule ...

"Video capsule endoscopy missed polyps in the stomach of six patients, which were detected by esophagogastroduodenoscopy, double balloon, or small intestine enteroscopy," Al-Azzawi reported ...

For polyps >10 mm, the sensitivity of CCE-2 and CCE-1 was 87 and 54 percent, respectively, while corresponding specificity was 95.3 and 97.4 percent.

GI/endoscopy procedures, such as colonoscopy, represent a high case volume at ambulatory surgery centers. In a recent study published in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, researchers compared ...

Medtronic recently received FDA de novo clearance for the GI Genius intelligence endoscopy module. GI Genius is a computer-aided detection (CADe) system using artificial intelligence (AI) to ...

Colonoscopic polyp detection is commonly performed during slow withdrawal of the colonoscope. A new study suggests further investigation of polyp inspection during the insertion phase is warranted.

The detection rates for polyps and adenomas were also comparable between the groups. In the colonoscopy-first group, 52 (59.8%) patients had polyps, 33 (37.9%) had adenomas, and one (1.2%) had a ...

"During the endoscopy, I had a very small polyp removed right in a very sensitive area, usually handled by specialists, which unfortunately damaged a critical pancreatic drainage tube.