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Is Virtual Colonoscopy as reliable as conventional flexible colonoscopy?

April 26, 2017Colonoscopy conventional flexible virtual

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Is Virtual Colonoscopy as reliable as conventional flexible colonoscopy?

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Virtual Colonoscopy (VC) has been shown to be as good as conventional colonoscopy in detecting clinically significant polyps and cancers. Virtual Colonoscopy will visualize the entire colon in most cases. Conventional colonoscopy will fail to visualize the entire colon in 10 to 15% of cases. Imagine a Gold Standard service being fully reimbursed by insurance yet missing 25% of the colon in most cases?

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Virtual Colonoscopy has been shown to be as good as conventional flexible colonoscopy in detecting clinically significant polyps and cancers. Virtual Colonoscopy will visualize the entire colon in most cases. Conventional colonoscopy will fail to visualize the entire colon in 10 to 20% of cases.