Post written by iGIE iNTERNATIONAL Associate Editor Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, MD, MSc, PhD, from the Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, Hospital Vila Nova Star, and the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Our study presents a novel use …
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Evaluation of safety, efficacy, and ease of use for screening and surveillance colonoscopy by using a single-use colonoscope with wide-angle field of view
Post written by Nathan Gluck, MD, PhD, from the Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Gastroenterology Department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and Tel-Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel. We studied a novel single-use colonoscope with an extended 200º field of view, enabling view behind colonic folds and eliminating concerns related to reprocessing of devices. Lesions …
Performance of single-use duodenoscopes for ERCP: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post written by Harishankar Gopakumar, MD, FACP, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA. This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of the performance characteristics, safety profile, and overall endoscopist satisfaction with single-use fully disposable duodenoscopes. Transmission of exogenous pathogens during ERCP using …
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