Water exchange trumps air insufflation for colonoscopy patient comfort

A number of different trials have demonstrated that water exchange and CO2 insufflation are less painful for colonoscope insertion than air insufflation, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.

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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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