George Triadafilopoulos
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A pilot study to assess the safety and efficacy of the Third Eye retrograde auxiliary imaging system during colonoscopy.
Endoscopy. 2008; (6): 478-82
Routine colorectal cancer screening, utilizing optical colonoscopy, has been shown to reduce the incidence and mortality rate of colorectal cancer. Despite its prevalence as the "gold standard" for neoplasia detection, the quality of colonoscopy screening is hindered by missed, undiagnosed lesions that may go undetected when located on the proximal aspect of haustral folds, rectal valves, the ileocecal valve, and/or flexures. The aim of this phase I feasibility trial is to assess the safety and efficacy of a new retrograde auxiliary imaging device, Third Eye Retroscope (Avantis Medical Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA), used with optical colonoscopy to improve diagnostic yield.
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