Overall survival using local excision techniques with and without radiation compared with APR for stage I rectal cancer: A SEER based analysis No significant financial relationships to disclose. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The reason we have this talk is because we think of polypectomy as entailing higher risk, of course,” Thomas ...

Here are 12 statistics on ambulatory surgery center and physician Medicare payments for gastroenterology/endoscopy procedures involving polypectomy, according to Boston Scientific’s 2014 Coding & ...

US endoscopists frequently stray from established best practices when removing colon polyps smaller than 1 cm, with fewer than 60% of procedures using the recommended cold snare technique, an analysis ...

Patients who qualify for endoscopic removal of large complex polyps and non-invasive surface cancers are still often referred for higher-risk surgery. "The big picture issue is that patients are still ...

Among patients with high-risk malignant colorectal polyps, 19% had residual disease, with rates of 25% in the immediate surgery group vs 9% in the nonoperative management group. The rate of rectum and ...

Heidi Montag revealed that she recently underwent surgery to remove polyps from her uterus. In a YouTube video posted this week, Montag shared that she was undergoing the procedure, which is called a ...

1. Control of bleeding not separately billable. The control of bleeding is included in biopsy (and most other) endoscopic procedures, and is not separately billable unless the patient comes into the ...

Heidi Montag is looking to have a second child with her husband, Spencer Pratt, recently undergoing hysteroscopic polypectomy surgery to increase their chances of conceiving. “I’m hoping that this ...