Li J, Chen JP, Lai CH, Fu L, Ji Y. Efficacy of water infusion combined with defoamers in colonoscopy. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(3): 99784 [DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i3.99784]
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Jian Li, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanhai Family Practice Hospital (Nanhai Guicheng Hospital), No. 8 Tongxing Road, Chancheng District, Foshan 528000, Guangdong Province, China. libairui66@126.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Mar 27, 2025; 17(3): 99784 Published online Mar 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i3.99784
Efficacy of water infusion combined with defoamers in colonoscopy
Jian Li, Jun-Ping Chen, Chun-Han Lai, Lian Fu, Yong Ji
Jian Li, Lian Fu, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanhai Family Practice Hospital (Nanhai Guicheng Hospital), Foshan 528000, Guangdong Province, China
Jun-Ping Chen, Chun-Han Lai, Department of Internal Medicine, Nanhai Family Practice Hospital (Nanhai Guicheng Hospital), Foshan 528000, Guangdong Province, China
Yong Ji, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: Li J designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Li J and Chen JP collected and analyzed the data; Li J and Lai CH revised the manuscript; Li J, Fu L and Ji Y participated in collection of the data; all authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
Supported by Foshan City Self-Raised Funds Science and Technology Innovation Project, No. 2320001007369.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethic Committee of Nanhai Family Practice Hospital (Nanhai Guicheng Hospital).
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Jian Li, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanhai Family Practice Hospital (Nanhai Guicheng Hospital), No. 8 Tongxing Road, Chancheng District, Foshan 528000, Guangdong Province, China. libairui66@126.com
Received: November 21, 2024 Revised: December 25, 2024 Accepted: January 15, 2025 Published online: March 27, 2025 Processing time: 94 Days and 18.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Continuous innovation and exploration of new alternative solutions for colonoscopy remain essential to improve patients’ colonoscopy experience. This study proposes the application of the water-infusion method combined with defoamers in colonoscopy and compares it with the traditional colonoscopy approach to validate its clinical superiority in colonoscopy. We revealed that the water-infusion method combined with defoamers for patients undergoing colonoscopy demonstrates more clinical advantages compared with the air-infusion method, manifested as substantially higher disease detection rates and examination efficiency, a significant reduction in patients’ discomfort and anxiety levels, an improvement in the effectiveness of bowel preparation and patient comfort, and a favorable safety profile. Our research results provide additional alternatives for ameliorating the medical experiences of patients undergoing colonoscopy.
