CHENNAI: Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat transverse through four tubes — the oesophagus, ...

A single or multiple esophagogastroduodenoscopy biopsy is one of the fastest-growing ASC procedures, according to VMG Health's " ASCs in 2024: A Year in Review " report. The report predicts a 7% ...

A colonoscopy is a test to diagnose the problems ... a tumour — larger extra growth and a haemorrhoid (piles). Later, we take a biopsy from an ulcer or polyp. Small polyps are also removed ...

Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat passes through four tubes: the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and finally through the large intestine which is also called the ...

During the exam, your doctor can use a small snare in the colonoscope to take tiny samples of your colon for testing, which is called a biopsy. They can also use it to take out abnormal growths ...

A new blood test was found to detect colon cancer with more than 80% accuracy — and to rule it out for 90% of healthy people.

Waiting on the results of a biopsy may cause anxiety and stress ... For example, if a colon polyp is found to be cancerous ...

If the doctor finds polyps in the colon, a surgeon will remove them and send them for biopsy. In a biopsy, a pathologist examines the polyps under a microscope to look for cancerous or ...

No patient underwent colonoscopy due to immediate postoperative ... endoscopic decompression (12), tube placement (4), lesion biopsy (53), dilatations (5) and finally one patient underwent ...

In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2385, mandating insurance coverage for all colonoscopies for patients exhibiting symptoms of colon cancer or having an existing colon condition ...