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Adding Years Of Life - In Less Than 30 Seconds
Robert Fusco, MD

This short video is another example of how simple it can be to prevent colon cancer by means of screening colonoscopy. Here we see a typical benign colon polyp - a future colon cancer - that was found in a healthy 53 year old woman who came in for a routine checkup. She had no symptoms or risk factors.

Note the head of the polyp and the short flexible stalk that connects it to the colon wall. A thin wire snare was passed through the colonoscope. Under direct vision, the wire snare was placed over the head of the polyp and snugged around the stalk. A computer-controlled electocautery current was applied which severed and cauterized the stalk. There was no pain or bleeding. The polyp was retrieved for a biopsy. Another colon cancer prevented in mere seconds - adding years to a lifetime. For more information about preventing colon cancer, click HERE.

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