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Filter by:Cold snare polypectomy (CSP) is now common practice and has proven to be a safe and effective technique for removal of diminutive polyps. Both thick and thin wire snares are now commonly used for CSP. However, because of their physical characteristics, thick wire snares might leave a higher percentage of residual adenoma at the resection site. Since this may result in a higher risk of recurrence, the technique needs to be optimized. Experts have suggested that a thin wire snare might be more efficient, with a lower risk of residual adenoma at the resection site and consequently a lower risk of recurrence and interval cancer.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the SEPT9 gene methylation assay in Colorectal cancer (CRC) high-risk population in Chinese hospitals using the opportunistic screening method. The trial plans to evaluate a Chinese domestic SEPT9 assay kit produced by BioChain (Beijing) Science and Technology Corporation, who is a close partner of Epigenomics AG, the producer for Epi proColon 2.0 CE.
The study evaluates whether the use of a novel endoscopic cap (the endo-cuff) at the tip of a colonoscope improves the numbers of polyps detected during bowel cancer screening colonoscopy. Half the patients will have standard colonoscopy and half will have colonoscopy with the cap attached.
Accurate optical diagnosis of colorectal polyps could allow a "resect and discard" strategy with surveillance intervals determined based on the results of the optical biopsy. The investigators perform education to characterize the histology of diminutive and small colorectal polyps by using narrow band imaging (NBI). After education program, the investigators prospectively evaluate real-time optical biopsy analysis of polyps with NBI by 15 gastroenterologists at a medical check up center.
This study aims to investigate the comparative effectiveness between polyp removal with or without electrical current. The investigators want to include 600 polyps in the trial. It is known that polyps have the potential to develop to cancer if left in situ, but the investigators do not know the best way to remove them completely.
Given the limited existing data regarding the advantages and limitations of the existing techniques in the removal of colonic polyps the investigators designed a prospective study in order to compare cold snare vs hot snare vs argon plasma coagulation for the compete removal of colonic polyps of the left colon up to a diameter of 0.8cm.
This is a quality improvement study to determine the impact of an automated telephone reminder on the quality of bowel preparation in patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy.
Intrauterine pathologies are currently treated by hysteroscopic resection. In this surgical procedure, the intrauterine pathology is resected by a transcervical approach in several fragments using a mono or bipolar cove after distension of the uterine cavity and by endoscopic control. The main risks of this surgery are: uterine perforation and OHIA (operative hysteroscopy intravascular absorption) syndrome. Hysteroscopic morcellators are new intrauterine devices, recently appeared on the French market. In comparison to classical resectors, morcellators have several theoretical advantages: - A smaller instrument diameter with potentially a lower risk of uterine perforation and cervical laceration during the dilatation procedure, - The use of physiological serum, eliminating the risk of neurological toxicity of glycine, - The risk of electrical accident is canceled (internal or external burns due to leakage current), - A decreased risk of air embolism, due to the absence of bubbles' production, - The instrument is always under visual control, the perforation risk by the active instrument is therefore very limited, - The vision is not obscured by the fragments or by the bubbles, - The treatment of pre-ostial pathologies, not always easy in classical resections, could be facilitated, - the absence of thermal effect, and therefore a potentially lower endometrial aggression, is interesting in women with reproductive desire, - Absence of chips management, limiting the entry and exit movements in the uterine cavity, improving the vision, reducing the infectious and traumatic risks, specially uterine perforation and air embolism, - Morcellation could preserve tissues for histological analysis of possible malignancy (compared to techniques using heat, coagulation, vaporization), - Easy learning in comparison to the time-consuming learning of classical hysteroscopic resection, - Generated additional cost could be partly amortized by reducing operating time and complications. It seemed useful to study this new technology. The primary purpose was to compare the time of hysteroscopic treatment of uterine polyps between a hysteroscopic morcellator the UNIDRIVE S III / DrillCut-X II-GYN-Shaver (Integrated Bigatti Shaver IBS), Storz®, and a conventional resectoscope. The secondary purposes were to compare the efficiency, complications and comfort of these techniques.
Little is known about the prevalence of small bowel polyps in patients with sporadic Duodenal/Ampullary polyps. The investigators aim to investigate the prevalence of small bowel polyps in patients with sporadic (ie not related to FAP or PJS) duodenal/ampullary adenomas by performing small bowel capsule endoscopy and comparing the results to those acquired from a control cohort undergoing VCE for accepted indication at our centre.
In this study, Dutch gastroenterologists who are certified for performing colonoscopies on FIT-positive patients in the Dutch population screening program are trained in optical diagnosis with validated methods. After this training, an ex- and in-vivo test phase leads to "accreditation" and endoscopists will be observed in their optical diagnosis for 1 year. During this year, half of the endoscopists will be randomized towards 3-monthly feedback and the other half will receive feedback on their results after 1 year. The endoscopic prediction of endoscopists on polyp histology will be compared to histopathological outcome.