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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2021; 27(45): 7748-7770
Published online Dec 7, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i45.7748
Novel frontiers of agents for bowel cleansing for colonoscopy
Milena Di Leo, Andrea Iannone, Monica Arena, Giuseppe Losurdo, Maria Angela Palamara, Giuseppe Iabichino, Pierluigi Consolo, Maria Rendina, Carmelo Luigiano, Alfredo Di Leo
Milena Di Leo, Monica Arena, Maria Angela Palamara, Giuseppe Iabichino, Carmelo Luigiano, Unit of Digestive Endoscopy, San Paolo Hospital, Milan 20090, Italy
Andrea Iannone, Giuseppe Losurdo, Maria Rendina, Alfredo Di Leo, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari 70124, Italy
Pierluigi Consolo, Unit of Digestive Endoscopy, University of Messina, Hospital "G. Martino", Messina 98121, Italy
Author contributions: Di Leo M and Di Leo A planned the study; Di Leo M, Iannone A, Arena M, Losurdo G wrote the manuscript; Palamara MA, Iabichino G, Consolo P, Rendina M, Luigiano C, Di Leo A supervised the study; all authors read and approved the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict-of-interest.
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Corresponding author: Alfredo Di Leo, MD, PhD, Doctor, Full Professor, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare, Bari 70124, Italy. alfredo.dileo@uniba.it
Received: March 17, 2021
Peer-review started: March 17, 2021
First decision: April 15, 2021
Revised: April 23, 2021
Accepted: November 24, 2021
Article in press: November 24, 2021
Published online: December 7, 2021
Core Tip

Core Tip: Colonoscopy is the best modality for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, preventing death from CRC through removal of adenomatous polyps and early detection of CRC. The accuracy of colonoscopy is related to quality of bowel preparation (BP). International guidelines underlined the methods to improve BP. In this review, we aimed to summarize the current strategy to increase bowel cleansing before colonoscopy.