NCT02838186

Backwards Examination of the Right Colon: A Back-to-back Study

Diagnostic Yield of Scope Retroflexion in the Right Colon: A Prospective Cohort Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 674 (actual)
• Sponsor: Attikon Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the examination of the proximal colon with the retroflexion colonoscopic technique in terms of feasibility and its possible additive contribution in the detection of important lesions, namely polyps and cancers.

Detailed description

The investigators prospectively examined the additional diagnostic yield of right colon examination with colonoscope retroflexion in consecutive, symptomatic and screening - surveillance patients. Right colon was examined in forward-view first and thereafter, retroflexion was performed to re-inspect it.

Conditions

• Colon Neoplasms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	retroflexion	examination of the right colon with scope retroflexion
PROCEDURE	forward view	examination of the right colon in forward view

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2014-02-01
• First posted: 2016-07-20
• Last updated: 2016-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece