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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2026; 32(12): 113927
Published online Mar 28, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i12.113927
Published online Mar 28, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i12.113927
Endocuff Vision-enhanced colonoscopy: Does it improve polyp detection?
Olivia Dupuis, Department of Anesthesia, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Ontario, Canada
Sebastian Mavromatis, Alexander Mavromatis, Department of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1H 5N4, Quebec, Canada
Christine Nadia Compas, Institute du Savoir Montfort, Montfort Hospital, Ottawa K1K 0T3, Ontario, Canada
Charles Sabbagh, Liliana Oliveira, Philip Hassard, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1K 0T3, Ontario, Canada
Author contributions: Hassard P contributed to conceptualization and supervision; Dupuis O, Mavromatis S, Mavromatis A, and Hassard P contributed to methodology; Dupuis O, Mavromatis S, and Compas CN contributed to data collection; Dupuis O, Mavromatis S, Mavromatis A, Compas CN, and Hassard P contributed to formal analysis; Dupuis O, Mavromatis S, and Mavromatis A contributed to original draft preparation; all authors contributed to review and editing, and have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Montfort Hospital Research Ethics Board, No. 22-23-04-002.
Clinical trial registration statement: This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, No. NCT05615857.
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation in the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
CONSORT 2010 statement: This study did not conduct a randomized study, therefore, the consort 2010 checklist for randomized studies does not apply to this.
Data sharing statement: The data will be kept at Institute du Savoir Montfort and will be available on request. To have access to the identified data, a request to the privacy office will be mandatory.
Corresponding author: Philip Hassard, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 713 Montreal Road, Ottawa K1K 0T3, Ontario, Canada.
Received: September 8, 2025
Revised: November 9, 2025
Accepted: February 5, 2026
Published online: March 28, 2026
Processing time: 193 Days and 12.8 Hours
Revised: November 9, 2025
Accepted: February 5, 2026
Published online: March 28, 2026
Processing time: 193 Days and 12.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: The Endocuff device has been previously shown to improve polyp detection in screening colonoscopy. We de