EndoNurse Magazine

Colonoscopy

Several diseases of the digestive tract are curable if caught early enough, and colonoscopy is a key part of that intervention process. Colonoscopy allows endoscopy staff to look at the rectum and colon via a thin, flexible tube with a small camera attached that shows polyps, ulcers, tumors, inflammation and bleeding. Tissue samples can be biopsied during this process, and polyps can be removed.

N.Y. Endo Team Expands Free Colonoscopy Program

Manhattan Endoscopy Center LLC (MEC), Manhattan's largest endoscopy center, this week announced a partnership with Settlement Health and The Bowery Mission to provide more free colonoscopies to uninsured patients. This will be done throughout March, which is national ...More
March 18, 2013
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Groups to Congress: Pass Bill Covering Virtual Colonoscopy

RESTON, Va.—As Americans commemorate National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (March), several key groups are calling on Congress to pass the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (H.R. 991). ...More
March 13, 2013
Posted in News, Industry Issues
Colonoscopy Reduces Risk of Advanced Colorectal Cancer

PHILADELPHIA—A new study led by a researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania adds support to current medical recommendations stating that screening colonoscopy substantially reduces an average-risk adult’s likelihood of being diagnosed ...More
March 7, 2013
Posted in News
Can Your Team Increase Colonoscopy Screening Rates?

Your team members can do everything right. You can work well together, keep up to date on education and procedures and do those procedures perfectly. But what good is any of that to a person who never makes it in for a screening? ...More
January 29, 2013
Posted in Blog, Procedures
CT Colonoscopy May Increase Screenings for Military

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Availability of CT colonography (CTC), commonly known as virtual colonoscopy, is increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates across military medical facilities ...More
January 14, 2013
Posted in News, Procedures
Brief Class on Easy-to-Miss Polyps Ups Detection

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Most people know a colonoscopy requires some preparation by the patient. Now, a Mayo Clinic physician suggests an additional step to lower the risk of colorectal cancer: Ask for your doctor’s success rate detecting easy-to-miss polyps called adenomas. ...More
January 8, 2013
Posted in News, Procedures
Colon Prep Center Finds New Ways to Cleanse Bowels

As every endoscopy nurse knows all too well, a number of things must occur before a successful colonoscopy can be performed—things that the nurses and physicians involved with the procedure have little or no control over. ...More
December 28, 2012
Posted in Articles, Procedures
Slide Show: How Colon Hydro-Therapy Works

Colon hydro-therapy is a form of bowel prep that cleanses a patient prior to colonoscopy. Sometimes this process is called a colonic. It’s conducted on an FDA-approved "closed system" colonic irrigation device. ...More
December 17, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Procedures
Judge Rules in Favor of Vet in Colonoscopy/Hepatitis Case

MIAMI—The Associated Press reported today that a Miami federal judge ruled in favor of a veteran who claims that he received hepatitis from a colonoscopy at a Veterans Administration hospital. ...More
October 12, 2012
Posted in News
Colon-Cancer Deaths Higher for Poor People: Programs Can Help

NEW YORK, N.Y.—Despite medical advances in colon-cancer screening and treatment, people with a lower socioeconomic status remain at a higher risk of dying from colon cancer. A new study in The Milbank Quarterly finds that states and communities that focus on increasing the ...More
October 9, 2012
Posted in News