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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Gastroenterology - January 2019

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patients would think, but their response has been overwhelmingly positive. It's another winner! How do you keep the fun vibe going when patients show up for their screenings? I give out gold stars to patients with great bowel preps. You wouldn't believe the number of 60-year-old men who wake up from screenings — during which I could have found evidence of colon cancer, mind you — and ask if they got a gold star. Do you practice what you preach? Absolutely. I'm 72 and have undergone 6 colonoscopies, during which 17 precancerous polyps were found. Do you get gold stars for your bowel preps? Well, not exactly, because my partner who performs the procedures doesn't give them out. But some of the nurses give them to me, so it all works out. The cards are funny, but their messages are serious, right? Exactly. Screening is extremely important and we're trying to get that message across. My son had a precancerous polyp removed at age 40. If he had waited to get screened, it would have been too late. OSM Dr. Fusco (rdfusco@gmail.com) is a gastroenterologist who practices at the Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition, which is affiliated with the Three Rivers Endoscopy Center in Moon Township, Pa. 5 8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9

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