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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Oct 25, 2015; 7(15): 1191-1196
Published online Oct 25, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i15.1191
Unsedation colonoscopy can be not that painful: Evaluation of the effect of “Lamaze method of colonoscopy”
Shao-Ping Yu, Xiao-Dong Lin, Guang-Yao Wu, Song-Hu Li, Zong-Quan Wen, Xiao-Hong Cen, Xian-Guang Huang, Mei-Ting Huang
Shao-Ping Yu, Xiao-Dong Lin, Guang-Yao Wu, Song-Hu Li, Zong-Quan Wen, Xiao-Hong Cen, Xian-Guang Huang, Mei-Ting Huang, Department of Gastroenterology, Dongguan Kanghua Hospital, Dongguan 523000, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: The study was designed by Yu SP; data were obtained by Lin XD, Wu GY, Li SH, Wen ZQ, Cen XH, Huang XG, Huang MT; endoscopy is performed by Yu SP, Lin XD, Li SH, Wen ZQ and Cen XH; data were analyzed by Wu GY; the report was mainly written by Yu SP, Lin XD and Wu GY; all authors approved the final version.
Supported by The Dongguan science and Technology Bureau, No. 201350715000809.
Institutional review board statement: The Ethics Committee of Dongguan Kanghua Hospital had approved the experiment and all the data and photos used in this manuscript were approved.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardians, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflicts of interest exist.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Shao-Ping Yu, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Dongguan Kanghua Hospital, 1000# Dongguan Avenue, Dongguan 523000, Guangdong Province, China. yushaopingmd@163.com
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Received: June 24, 2015
Peer-review started: June 26, 2015
First decision: July 29, 2015
Revised: August 16, 2015
Accepted: September 29, 2015
Article in press: September 30, 2015
Published online: October 25, 2015
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Core Tip

Core tip: Colonoscopy is used as primary investigation of colorectal neoplasm worldwide and is of great value in detection of colorectal cancer in early stage. Though, it is not widely accepted by patients due to the uncomfortable feeling, especially pain, during the process. Recent years, sedation colonoscopy has developed rapidly, it has led to a great promotion of the increase of the patients’ acceptance of follow up examination. Therefore, complication of sedation colonoscopy such as bleeding, perforation, cardiopulmonary events happens once in a while. Some kinds of unsedation colonoscopy had been reported by several scholars. Music, warm water infusion is the two most often reported methods. Here we evaluated the effect of a new method of unsedation colonoscopy we called “the Lamaze method of colonoscopy”(Lamaze colonoscopy) modified from the Lamaze method of childbirth. Our study suggested that Lamaze colonoscopy is an effective way to relief pain during colonoscopy.