Open AccessWater immersion sigmoidoscopy versus standard insufflation for colorectal cancer screening: A cohort study
Author(s) -
Calcedonio Calcara,
Paolo Aseni,
Keith Siau,
Pietro Gambitta,
Sergio Cadoni
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_198_21
Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoidoscopy , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , gastroenterology , cancer
Although the efficacy of water-assisted colonoscopy is well established, the role of water immersion sigmoidoscopy (WIS) remains unclear. We compared WIS with carbon dioxide insufflation sigmoidoscopy (CO 2 S) on patient outcomes.