A Novel Clinically Usable Point Score To Prejudge The Complexity Of Colonoscopy

Air Force Military Medical University, China612 enrolled

Overview

Colonoscopy is the current common method for management of colorectal diseases, and effectiveness of colonoscopy associate with complication rate. A lot of patients were failed because of technical difficulty, those required more than 10 min to intubate the cecum are consider as difficult colonoscopy, in such condition, specialized equipment or maneuvers may be required for a successful colonoscopy. Thus, it is important to set up a clinical model to predict the technical difficulty of the examination in preoperational stage.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

612

Conditions

Insertion Time

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 90 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients aged 18-90 years old who undergoing colonoscopy without sedation Exclusion Criteria: * no bowel preparation or colon cleansing by enema only * no need to reach cecum * prior finding of severe colon stenosis or obstructing tumour * history of colectomy * unstable hemodynamics * pregnant * unable to give informed consent

Locations (1)

Endoscopic center, Xi jing Hospital of Digestive

Xi’an, Shanxi, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cecal intubation time

Total time of colonoscope intubation from anus to cecum.

Time frame: up to 4 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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