title: Does a fitted abdominal corset makes colonoscopy more tolerable?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study evaluated the usefulness of a fitted abdominal corset for colonoscopy, enabling proper compression of the abdomen during the entire examination.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients undergoing colonoscopy were subjected to either traditional methods or to using a fitted abdominal corset. Two hundred and sixteen patients were divided into two groups: group 1 (conventional colonoscopy) and group 2 (colonoscopy with abdominal corset). Cecal intubation rate and time need for manual compression and change of position were recorded. At the end of each colonoscopic examination, the patient evaluated pain by an 11-point visual analog scale from 0 to 10 (0: no pain, 10: worst pain).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cecal intubation time was shorter, the need for extra manual compression and change of position decreased and patients felt less pain during the procedure as denoted by lower visual analog scale scores in the group using a fitted abdominal corset, when compared to the group without a corset, in a statistically proven manner.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data confirm the usefulness of the abdominal corset in decreasing the degree of patient pain and it makes colonoscopy easier and quicker with less manipulation, so we propose using a fitted abdominal corset during routine colonoscopic procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. aburaktoros@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ahmet Burak
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Toros
authors.forename: Feyzullah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ersoz
authors.forename: Ozhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003020:Clothing; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011312:Pressure; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors