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1、Amotor-drivensingle-usecolonoscopecontrolledwithahand-helddevice:afeasibilitystudyinvolunteersThomasRo¨sch,MD,AndreasAdler,MD,HeikoPohl,MD,ElkeWettschureck,MD,MartinKoch,MD,BertramWiedenmann,MD,NicolasHoepffner,MDBerlin,Frankfurt,GermanyBackground:Severalnewinstrumentshaveb
2、eendevelopedintheefforttoimprovetheacceptanceofcolono-scopyforcolorectalcancerscreening.Anewcolonoscope,theInvendoscope,ispresentedhere.Itconsistsofanendoscopicsheathwithaninvertedsleeve,instrumentchannel,andanelectrohydraulicdeflectingtip.Theinstrumentissteeredbyahand-heldd
3、eviceandpropelledbyamotorizeddriveunit.Objective:OurpurposewastoevaluatethefeasibilityofthenewInvendoscopeSC40.Design:Prospectivesingle-armpilotstudyover2timeperiodsusing2differentinstrumentprototypes(170and180/200cm).Patients:Thirty-fourhealthyvolunteers(19men,meanage49.7y
4、ears).Technicalinstrumentdefectsledtoprematureterminationin5additionalvolunteersduringthe2studyperiods(4inphase1,1inphase2),whowereexcludedfromfurtheranalysis.Interventions:Totalcolonoscopywasattempted,withallproceduresbeingperformedwithoutsedation.MainOutcomeMeasurements:C
5、ecalintubationrate.Results:Thececumwasreachedin82%ofthe34cases(95%CI,66%-92%),withbetterresultsinperiod2thaninperiod1(90%vs79%);ofthe6incompleteexaminations,4reachedthemidtransversecolonorbeyondand2werestoppedinthesigmoidcolonbecauseofpain.Thevolunteerratingshowedameanscore
6、of1.96(range1-6;1Znodiscomfort).Nocomplicationswereencountered.Limitations:Nodataregardingdiagnosticaccuracyandnodatacomparingtheinstrumentwithconventionalcolonoscopyareavailableasyet.Conclusions:Thispilotproof-of-principlestudyofanewmotor-drivencolonoscopeshowedpromisingce
7、calintubationratesandanabsenceofpainin92%ofcases.Furtherclinicalandcomparativestudiesarewarranted.89,10Ithasbeensuggestedthatcolonoscopyshouldserveasscopetip,atransparentcapattachedtothetip,andtheprimarymethodforcolorectalcancerscreeningotherinnovativeendoscopes.Modification
8、shaveincludedbecauseitprovidesanoptimalcost/benefitratioincondi-simplertechniques,s