Help! The colonoscopy prep isn’t working! What can I do?

Posted by Frederick Gandolfo MD, on

This is an excerpt from a longer article I wrote on Retroflexions.com. You can read the full article here, or you can cut to the chase and just read the important points below… Bowel prep, or that stuff you need to drink to get cleaned out for your colonoscopy,...

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A Gastroenterologist Cheats on the Colonoscopy Prep

Posted by Frederick Gandolfo MD, on

I’ll just start out by letting you know that I had mixed feelings about posting this. Not because I’m embarrassed to publicly discuss my colonoscopy experience (weirdly enough, I am OK with that part), but because I don’t want to be responsible for people interpreting what I’m about to...

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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Posted by Frederick Gandolfo MD, on

It’s March, which means it’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! Preventing colon cancer is one of the most important things that we gastroenterologists get to do. Even if you’re not particularly interested in colon cancer, there will still be some interesting stuff for you to read this here as I...

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Think Twice Before Large Colonic Polyp Surgery

Posted by Frederick Gandolfo MD, on

Large colonic polyps used to be managed by a surgeon, similar to how colon cancer is still managed…cut it out and hope for the best. However, it is clear that when possible, these large non-cancerous polyps are more safely removed using advanced endoscopic techniques, such as endoscopic mucosal resection...

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