Latest generation, wide-angle, high-definition colonoscopes increase adenoma detection rate.

  • Andreas Adler
  • Alireza Aminalai
  • Jens Aschenbeck
  • Rolf Drossel
  • Michael Mayr
  • Mathias Scheel
  • Andreas Schröder
  • Timur Yenerim
  • Bertram Wiedenmann
  • Ulrich Gauger
  • Stephanie Roll
  • Thomas Rösch

Abstract

Improvements to endoscopy imaging technologies might improve detection rates of colorectal cancer and patient outcomes. We compared the accuracy of the latest generation of endoscopes with older generation models in detection of colorectal adenomas.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number2
ISSN1542-3565
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22056301