A study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy suggests dynamic patient position changes during the withdrawal period of a colonoscopy can significantly increase the detection of polyps and adenomas.

Splenic flexure is a bend in your colon. Learn about where it is, why it's important for your health, and what conditions can affect it.

Splenic flexure syndrome is a non-life-threatening digestive system disorder associated with upper left abdominal pain and a sensation of fullness and swelling in the belly. Considered by some to ...

The procedure involves inserting a colonoscope into the anus and moving through the colon, past the splenic flexure, to visualize the lumen of the rectum and the colon. According to Ms. SanGiovanni, ...

Potentially dangerous polyps can be easy to miss if they lie flat against the wall of the colon. Check out more from Morning Rounds with Dr. LaPook; ... transverse colon and splenic flexure.

Such excellent results from flexible sigmoidoscopy, however, presumably hinge upon a high-quality endoscopic evaluation, with complete coverage to the splenic flexure (or insertion beyond 40 cm ...

He said all looked fine, and he saw no polyps or anything else to be concerned with. ... (splenic flexure) on your left side, and the other is around the liver (hepatic flexure) ...