Water-assisted colonoscopy in inflammatory bowel diseases: From technical implications to diagnostic and therapeutic potentials

Figure 5 Benefits that water-assisted colonoscopy techniques can provide in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Within this patient group, where colonoscopy serves multiple diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive purposes (screening and surveillance for colorectal cancer), water-assisted techniques' advantages can prove particularly beneficial, especially considering the frequent need for these patients to undergo multiple colonoscopies throughout their chronic disease.