Colonoscopy is one of the most common endoscopic procedures today. However, it sometimes can be a serious challenging situation both for the clinicians and patients. In this study, the investigators tried to determine which colonoscopic position allows easy, fast and comfortable way.
colonoscopy and colonoscopic screening are the most common routine studies to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer.In this process, the most important problem for the endoscopist and the patient is pain, loop formation, (the reason why the device is not able to progress in the bowel) and in some patients it takes a long time due to these reasons and the risk of complication development.The subject of what should be the most ideal position in colonoscopy has previously been studied in some specific subgroups.There is not enough study on what should be the ideal position in colonoscopy. In this study, the investigators tried to determine which colonoscopic position allows easy, fast and comfortable way.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
200
colonoscopy will be performed in 3 different locations. Left position, the patient will be in the left-side position during the entire colonoscopy
Colonoscopy in the Left supine position
Colonoscopy in the Dynamic position
Betul Topal
Zonguldak, Kozlu Bulent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGTime to reach cecum
Cecum intubation time is the insertion time taken from first visualization of rectal mucosa to cecum
Time frame: 2 hour
patient's comfort assessment: Visual Analog Score
patients' discomfort will be assessed by a 10-cm visual analog scale, in which a score of 0 denoted no pain and a score of 10 denoted unbearable pain
Time frame: 3 hour
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