Impact of cap-assisted colonoscopy during transendoscopic enteral tubing: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colonic transendoscopic enteral tubing (TET) requires double cecal intubation, raising a common concern of how to save cecal intubation time and make the tube stable. We hypothesized that cap-assisted colonoscopy (CC) might reduce the second cecal intubation time and bring potential benefits during the TET procedure.

Aim

To investigate if CC can decrease the second cecal intubation time compared with regular colonoscopy (RC).

Methods

This prospective multicenter, randomized controlled trial was performed at four centers. Subjects ≥ 7 years needing colonic TET were recruited from August 2018 to January 2020. All subjects were randomly assigned to two groups. The primary outcome was the second cecal intubation time. Secondary outcomes included success rate, i

SUBMITTER: Wen Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584059 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature