Journal article
Starting position during colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Abstract
BackgroundTraditional teaching has been to place patients in the left lateral decubitus starting position for colonoscopies. Recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared left lateral decubitus starting position to other approaches. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare different starting positions for colonoscopies and their effect on cecal intubation.MethodsMEDLINE, Embase, and CENTRAL were searched …
Authors
McKechnie T; Heimann L; Kazi T; Jessani G; Lee Y; Sne N; Hong D; Eskicioglu C
Journal
Techniques in Coloproctology, Vol. 28, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2024
DOI
10.1007/s10151-024-02912-8
ISSN
1123-6337