Endoscopy

Detection rates for colorectal neoplasia were higher among computer-aided detection techniques vs. chromoendoscopy, according to research published in the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Inpatient endoscopy delay occurred often in a tertiary center and was a risk factor for 30-day readmission, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Regardless of experience level, endoscopists reported successful use of the first single-use duodenoscope for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, told Healio Gastroenterology.

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Endoscopy in patients aged younger than 50 years decreased the incidence of colorectal cancer, according to study estimates reported at Digestive Disease Week.

Screening endoscopy among otherwise healthy individuals aged older than 75 years appeared to lower the risk for colorectal cancer incidence and cancer-associated mortality, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.

The endoscopy suite exposes physicians to many breath droplets and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one study at Digestive Diseases Week showed N95 and KN95 masks provide the most protection from inhaling these droplets.

In this video exclusive, Prabhleen Chahal, MD, from Cleveland Clinic, discussed a systematic review comparing long-term recurrence of benign sporadic adenomas after endoscopic and surgical ampullectomy, presented at Digestive Disease Week.

The American College of Gastroenterology published clinical guidelines regarding the management of patients with overt upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Medtronic recently received FDA de novo clearance for the GI Genius intelligence endoscopy module.