History of colonoscopy and technological advances: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Colonoscopy is an ever-growing procedure, being the primary diagnostic and therapeutic modality to manage lower gastrointestinal pathologies. It has a decades-old history with significant successive endoscopic innovations that eventually led to the development of the current colonoscope, as we know it today.

Methods

We reviewed multiple databases in non-systemic fashion using PubMed, Embase and Cochrane library to shed light on historic timeline of advancements and groundbreaking landmark achievements currently underway.

Key content and findings

Initially starting off as a rudimentary rigid, device that utilized candles as a light source, the primitive colonoscope was adapted to a semi-rigid framework to allow better maneuverability. Improved

SUBMITTER: Gangwani MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10184027 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature