Surgical Techniques

Laxative-Free Colonography Procedure Effective in Detecting Larger Polyps
A patient-friendly, laxative-free protocol was developed based on the CT-scan colonography technique and found to be almost as effective as standard optical colonoscopy in detecting larger, high-risk intestinal polyps. More...24 May 2012

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