| Theme | Newly developed devices of colonoscope and their prospect in practice | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Clinical usefulness of newly developed echocolonoscope (XCF-UMPQ 230) | |
| Publish Date | 2002/11 | |
| Author | Eisai Cho | Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital |
| Author | Moose Ueda | Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital |
| Author | Masatoshi Miyata | Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital |
| Author | Munehiro Sakata | Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital |
| Author | Masatsugu Nakajima | Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | EUS has become an important modality for the diagnosis and staging of colorectal diseases. However, echo-colonoscopes require some improvements in their ability to be manipulated because they are at a diasadvantage when inserted into the oral site of the sigmoid colon. Because of these conditions, an echo-colonoscope (XCF-UMPQ230) has been developed. This more advanced scope is of a smaller caliber, has a shorter distal rigid portion, and the scanning range has been widened from 300 degrees to 360 degrees. This scope can be easily inserted into the ileocecal region and inverted in the ascending colon. The newly developed echo colonoscope is a useful tool for not only EUS but also standard colonoscopy. | |