Retroflexion describes a technique where the colonoscope bends backwards to examine the colon.
A total of 1,000 consecutive eligible patients underwent colonoscopy during an 8-month period, and retroflexion was successful in 94.4 percent of patients, according to the release.
Read the ASGE news release on the use of retroflexion technique.
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