I, like many of the others in the stories told in this blog, had an unusual lateral growth and could have ended up with a colostomy and a lesser quality of life. I was fortunate to be steered in the right direction and ended up at Dr. Binmoeller’s Interventional Endoscopy Center. Backtracking a bit (age 56), during a routine colonoscopy in 2010, my gastroenterologist found a laterally spreading polyp that he was unsuccessful in removing. He referred me to a surgeon who was al

My father is 75 years old. He suffered from stomach pains because of gallbladder stones last September. Usually the gallbladder can be removed with a common surgery. For a normal patient, this would be a safe and relatively easy surgery. But since my father has a serious heart disease and cirrhosis, removing his gallbladder becomes very dangerous. There’s a 50% chance he might die from such a common surgery, so the doctor had to put a temporary bag outside his body with a nee

I was referred to Dr. Kenneth Binmoeller by my regular gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Verhille following my 2nd screening colonoscopy at age 61. I had outpatient surgery to remove a 3 cm precancerous (flat) polyp by his unique method of minimally invasive endoscopic mucosal resection in June 2015. Just had my 6 month follow up colononscopy and got an 'all clear'. I am grateful for Dr. Binmoeller's skill and thoughtful explanation of the issue. If you have a diagnosis such as