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 ...

Of the 1765 patients with no polyps in the portion of the colon that was distal to the splenic flexure, 48 (2.7 percent) had advanced proximal neoplasms.

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, ...

A total of 19 advanced adenomas, of which 10 (52.6%) were distal to the splenic flexure, ... One or more neoplastic polyps were found in 201 persons (16.0%), of whom 67 ...

Sessile serrated adenomas are the precursor polyp of approximately 20% of colorectal carcinomas. Sessile serrated adenomas with dysplasia are rarely encountered and represent an intermediate step ...

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.

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) ...