Water-assisted and water exchange colonoscopy may be particularly helpful for patient comfort in cases of unsedated colonoscopy.
“Unsedated colonoscopy is feasible but may be painful. Sedation increases costs, complications and may be impractical for patients,” said one of the study’s lead authors Kjetil Garborg, MD, of Sorlandet Hospital HF in Kristiansand, Norway, according to the report.
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