Endoscopy plays a significant role in a gastroenterologist’s practice. Unindicated or inappropriate endoscopies increase costs, take away resources from other patients, and may have a

Twenty-five studies with 30 interventions were analyzed for this study on the effect of behavioral interventions on colonoscopy uptake. Of the interventions evaluated by the

This study examined the quality of answers provided by ChatGPT (OpenAI, San Francisco, Calif) to 8 common questions about colonoscopy, compared with answers to the

This was a randomized controlled trial in 359 veterans aged 50 to 75 years who had declined colonoscopy and a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) in

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that the decision regarding whether to screen persons aged 75 to 85 years for colorectal cancer be individualized

An expert colonoscopist recommends the following for photography during colonoscopy:  Cecal landmarks Terminal ileum, if intubated Bowel preparation quality Large lesions before and after endoscopic

Colonoscopists are advised to consider age, comorbidities, and colonoscopy findings before recommending surveillance. In a study of the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry, 9831 adults older

It is well known that the rates of follow-up colonoscopy after a positive fecal screening test are suboptimal, and delays in colonoscopy versus prompt colonoscopy

This study used eye tracking of 7 endoscopy trainees to determine whether missed polyps had not been seen versus seen but not recognized.  Trainees identified

Current recommendations are that minimum withdrawal times in screening colonoscopy that are negative should average at least 6 minutes.  In an analysis of a previously

Cancer screening can lead to patient-level harms from screening tests, diagnostic follow-up, and cancer treatment. This review examined U.S. screening guidelines on breast, cervical, colorectal,

This is a subinvestigation of a randomized bowel preparation trial in 10 Canadian centers. Patients were divided into 2 groups and underwent colonoscopy either in

There are few prospective, detailed studies on factors such as time lost from work and symptoms after colonoscopy. This study prospectively measured postcolonoscopy symptoms in

This study examined the fraction of patients undergoing colonoscopy with versus without artificial intelligence (AI) in 9 randomized controlled trials (6 parallel and 3 tandem)

Randomized controlled trials of early versus late colonoscopy in acute lower GI bleeding suggest no or limited benefit from early colonoscopy, but some of these

This guideline from the American College of Physicians appears with a summary of the supporting literature review and has 3 recommendations: Colonoscopy should be performed

The impact of colonoscopy on work productivity was assessed prospectively in 1137 employed patients in 10 Italian centers, utilizing a diary for 7 days after

Older studies have suggested that the prevalence of cancer detected with average-risk screening colonoscopy is 0.5% to 1% or about 1 cancer per 100 to

The American Gastroenterological Association has issued a clinical practice update on the management of colonic diverticulitis. The recommendations are as follows: Physicians should order a

This study reviewed colonoscopies identified in a claims database from a large national insurer in the United States. The database was queried for commercially insured

A risk-stratified approach to colorectal cancer screening within the average-risk population is seldom used. In this approach, patients whose prescreening predicted prevalence of advanced neoplasia

This study compared the incidence of advanced neoplasms in 2456 German screening colonoscopy patients who had a previous colonoscopy without polyps to the results from

This study evaluated administrative health care data from Ontario, Canada, to determine colorectal cancer screening rates among physicians, aged 52 to 74 years, and their