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The purpose of this study is to determine whether the left lateral tilt-down position, which includes procedures that involve placing patients on their left lateral side at an angle to make their heads lower than their feet, is more beneficial than the left lateral horizontal body position (patient horizontally laying on their left side, traditionally used for colonoscopies) to decrease descending colon insertion time, the difficulty of colonoscopy procedure and patients' pain.
Supine with tilt-down position (trendelenburg position) is used in abdominal and gynecological surgery to allow better access to the pelvic organs, as gravity pulls the bowel out of the pelvic cavity and the rectosigmoid angle straightens, which may also be favorable for colonoscopy insertion. However, few published studies have explored the value of tilt-down position in the colonoscopy (left lateral horizontal body position are usually used) and there is consequently little evidence to support left lateral tilt-down position or left lateral horizontal body position. So the investigators perform a randomized controlled trial of left lateral tilt-down position versus left lateral horizontal position for colonoscopy to investigate the safety and efficacy of lateral tilt-down position.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| left lateral tilt-down position | Experimental | patients will be positioned on left lateral tilt-down position during colonoscopy until sigmoid-descending junction were examined, and then patients will be positioned on the left lateral horizontal position during colonoscopy |
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| left lateral horizontal body position | Active Comparator | patients will be positioned on the left lateral horizontal position during colonoscopy insertion |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| left lateral tilt-down position | Procedure | patients will be positioned on their left side and at an angle of 20 degree |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| cecal colon insertion time | This outcome is measured when cecal colon is intubated during a colonoscopy |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| patients' discomfort of colonoscopy | patients' discomfort will be assessed by a 10-cm visual analog scale | 2 hours |
| endoscopists' perception of difficulty of colonoscopy | difficulty of colonoscopy will be assessed by a 10-cm visual analog scale |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Li Zhaoshen, MD | Changhai Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University | Shanghai | 200433 | China |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 29158180 | Derived | Zhao SB, Yang X, Fang J, Wang SL, Gu L, Xia T, Su XJ, Wang D, Li ZS, Bai Y. Effect of left lateral tilt-down position on cecal intubation time: a 2-center, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial. Gastrointest Endosc. 2018 Mar;87(3):852-861. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.11.012. Epub 2017 Nov 20. |
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| left lateral horizontal position | Procedure | patients will be horizontally positioned on their left side |
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| 2 hours |
| decending insertion time | This outcome is measured when decending colon is intubated during a colonoscopy |