JULY 26, 2021

Sharma’s Endoscopy Insights: Tattoos, Functional Disorders and Artificial Intelligence

Prateek Sharma, MD
Professor of medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, in Kansas City
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This month, I’m focusing on several interesting developments and publications in lower GI endoscopy, including endoscopic tattooing, colonoscopy in functional bowel disorders (FBDs) and artificial intelligence.

Endoscopic tattooing is a technique primarily used to facilitate the future localization of premalignant and cancerous colon polyps, but a lack of data and clear-cut guidelines on