CHICAGO -- A capsule endoscope steered by magnets attached to an external robotic arm successfully performed automated retroflexion maneuvers in the porcine colon, researchers reported here -- a ...

The use of a retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and results in the detection of additional adenomatous (precancerous) polyps in approximately four percent ...

A study presented at Digestive Disease Week 2017 featured an autonomously controlled capsule robot that could change the public’s perception of colonoscopy. Study author and Nashville, Tenn.-based ...

October 29, 2010 (San Antonio, Texas) — The use of a retroflexion technique in the proximal colon during colonoscopy improves the yield of polyps and the miss rate associated with lesions on the ...

A colonoscopy maneuver to better detect polyps in the right colon is often poorly preformed in practice, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in BMC Gastroenterology. This finding and ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – August 4, 2011 – 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 ...

The use of retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and effective in detection of polyps. Study appears in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Several ...