The Impact of Advances in Instrumentation and Techniques of Colonoscopy from 1988 to 2008 on Inpatient Colonoscopy Performance at a High Volume Endoscopy Unit in the United States: Significantly Shorter Procedure Time, Higher Completion Rate, Performance on Sicker Inpatients, and Near Disappearance of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

摘要

Background and Aims Colonoscopy instrumentation and technique have improved from 1988 to 2008. We analyze whether these improvements have resulted in improved colonoscopy performance.