Traditional or Virtual Colonoscopy?

Medical Updates

Traditional or Virtual Colonoscopy?

By: Allie Montgomery
Published: Friday, 19 September 2008


The new virtual colonoscopy—a colon cancer screening technique that uses CT scans—is increasing in popularity and seems to be doing an admirable job of identifying polyps.

In fact, in a recent study this procedure was found to detect 90 percent of large polyps that were 10 millimeters or more in diameter.

That is the same accuracy that has been reported for colonoscopy itself in other studies conducted. The regular colonoscopy, however, is still able to detect polyps that are much smaller.


Quoted from:
http://www.healthnews.com/medical-updates/traditional-or-virtual-colonoscopy-1798.html