What is the main target: a clearer colon with a sennoside-based regime, or adequate bowel cleansing before colonoscopy with a PEG-EL-based regime? | Zendy

Akif Altınbaş | Zendy; Barış Yılmaz | Zendy; Bora Aktaş | Zendy; Fuat Ekız | Zendy; Zahide ŞİMŞEK | Zendy; Ömer Başar | Zendy; Şahin Çoban | Zendy; Osman Yüksel | Zendy

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What is the main target: a clearer colon with a sennoside-based regime, or adequate bowel cleansing before colonoscopy with a PEG-EL-based regime?

Author(s) -

Akif Altınbaş,

Barış Yılmaz,

Bora Aktaş,

Fuat Ekız,

Zahide ŞİMŞEK,

Ömer Başar,

Şahin Çoban,

Osman Yüksel

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

turkish journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1303-6165

pISSN - 1300-0144

DOI - 10.3906/sag-1402-86

Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , peg ratio , bowel preparation , gastroenterology , gold standard (test) , polyethylene glycol , surgery , colorectal cancer , finance , cancer , economics , chemical engineering , engineering

Even though polyethylene glycol-electrolyte lavage (PEG-EL)-based regimes have become the gold standard in recent years, to finish drinking 4 L of PEG-EL solution can be difficult. The quality of sennoside-based bowel-cleansing regimes used in Turkey has been known for some time. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of both bowel-cleansing regimes.

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