Endoscopic tattooing is an important medical technique that is used to mark colorectal lesions for surgery or follow-up. This technique is important because it minimizes the challenges faced by ...

Q: A 58-Year-Old Female Underwent a Screening Colonoscopy That Showed a 2.5-cm Flat Polyp in the Proximal Ascending Colon. I Tattooed the Area and Biopsied the Polyp, Which Was Initially Reported as ...

Q: A woman in our book club said she got a tattoo inside her intestines. Is this a real thing? A: The colon (large intestine) is about 5 feet long, and although it is mostly "anchored" to the back ...

UT Health San Antonio has begun offering endoscopic submucosal dissection, a minimally invasive technique for removing early-stage colorectal lesions without surgery. The procedure is performed using ...

Precancerous colorectal lesions occurring in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are now described as either polypoid, nonpolypoid, or invisible. Patients diagnosed with colonic IBD should ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed no differences in recurrence after endoscopic local resection of low- or high-risk CRC ...

Fujifilm Healthcare has been granted FDA 510(k) clearance for its SCALE EYE imaging system, as the device moves towards market availability. Consisting of a laser-equipped colonoscope and endoscopy ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of large colorectal adenomas resulted in a lower recurrence rate compared with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), but the more technically complex ESD had a ...

A surgeon speaks with a patient about colon cancer screening. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy) Just saying the word colonoscopy makes some people feel uncomfortable. But consider this: Colorectal ...