Medics call for urgent improvements in the quality of endoscopy across Europe
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 20:50
in Health & Medicine
Every year, tens of millions of individuals across Europe undergo endoscopic procedures to assist with the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal diseases. However, significant variation in current endoscopy provision across Europe has been reported, with back-to-back colonoscopy studies demonstrating that a concerning 22 percent of all adenomas are missed and that a three-to-six fold variation in adenoma detection is present between endoscopists.