Prospective randomized controlled trial evaluating cap-assisted colonoscopy vs standard colonoscopy.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To study the significance of cap-fitted colonoscopy in improving cecal intubation time and polyp detection rate.

Methods

This study was a prospective randomized controlled trial conducted from March 2008 to February 2009 in a tertiary referral hospital at Sydney. The primary end point was cecal intubation time and the secondary endpoint was polyp detection rate. Consecutive cases of total colonoscopy over a 1-year period were recruited. Randomization into either standard colonoscopy (SC) or cap-assisted colonoscopy (CAC) was performed after consent was obtained. For cases randomized to CAC, one of the three sizes of cap was used: D-201-15004 (with a diameter of 15.3 mm), D-201-14304 (14.6 mm) and D-201-12704 (13.0 mm). All of these caps were produced by Olympus Medical S

SUBMITTER: Tee HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2923764 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature