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COMPLETEDNANCT02838186

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

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 ...

Lead sponsor: Attikon Hospital•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Attikon Hospital

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.

Age

18 - 80 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•patients undergoing elective colonoscopy in a Attikon University General Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

•patients aged \<18 and \>80 years;
•right colectomy;
•recent abdominalsurgery;
•multiple diverticula of the right colon;
•American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) physical status classification grade IV;
•inflammatory bowel disease and polyposis syndromes.

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: July 20, 2016Terms

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StatusCOMPLETED

PhaseNA

Enrollment674

Start dateMay 2013

Last updatedJul 20, 2016

Condition

Colon Neoplasms

Locations shown

Attikon University General Hospital

Haidari, Attica

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: July 20, 2016Data synced to Clareo: July 13, 2026

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