Changing patient's position helps effectiveness of colonoscopy -- especially on one side

(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) Having patients lie on their left side while the right side of their colon is being examined can result in more polyps being found, thus increasing the effectiveness of colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening, according to a study in the September issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news