The first endoscopic suturing on a resection of a large polyp in the colon has been performed using Apollo Endosurgery’s new OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System, according to an Apollo news release.

A small group of U.S. surgeons are pioneering a less-invasive technique for removing polyps from the colon that could help tens of thousands of patients prevent colon cancer with less pain and ...

Doctors at Advent Health in Orlando are using the newly Food and Drug Administration-approved Senhance system for minimally invasive abdominal surgery. Unlike other robotic systems, Senhance provides ...

M.D. Anderson encourages people to have a colonoscopy and review their polyp report . March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and experts at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are ...

Mass General Brigham researchers found that people who ate more ultra-processed foods saw sharply higher rates of colon ...

Colon polyps are growths of tissue inside the large intestine, also called the colon. Some polyps are mushroom-shaped protrusions on the end of a stalk. Others appear as bumps that lie flat against ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blacks are more likely than whites to have large colon polyps, and their tumors tend to be located higher in the colon where they are harder to detect, U.S. researchers said on ...

“[This] study suggests that endoscopic clipping is not necessary to prevent post-polypectomy bleeding after [endoscopic mucosal resection] of large serrated polyps,” Seth D. Crockett, MD, MPH, ...

Piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection (PEMR) for complex colorectal polyps is an established technique with good outcomes compared with traditional surgery Patient preparation and careful lesion ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who slept less than six hours a night were more likely to have dangerous polyps in their colon or rectum compared to better-rested patients, in one recent study. The ...

Sessile polyps develop on the mucosa, the tissue that lines the colon and other organs. They are flat and round and mostly harmless, but some can become cancerous. Polyps can be peduncled or sessile.