@article{arezzo2013experimental,
abstract = {Background: Despite colonoscopy represents the conventional diagnostic tool for colorectal pathology, its undeniable discomfort reduces compliance to screening programmes. Aims: To evaluate feasibility and accuracy of a novel robotically-driven magnetic capsule for colonoscopy as compared to the traditional technique. Methods: Eleven experts and eleven trainees performed complete colonoscopy by robotic magnetic capsule and by conventional colonoscope in a phantom ex vivo model (artificially clean swine bowel). Feasibility, overall accuracy to detect installed pins, procedure elapsed time and intuitiveness were measured for both techniques in both operator groups. Results: Complete colonoscopy was feasible in all cases with both techniques. Overall 544/672 pins (80.9{\%}) were detected by experimental capsule procedure, while 591/689 pins (85.8{\%}) were detected within conventional colonoscopy procedure (P=ns), thus establishing non-inferiority. With the experimental capsule procedure, experts detected 74.2{\%} of pins vs. 87.6{\%} detected by trainees (P{\textless}. 0.0001). Overall time to complete colon inspection by robotic capsule was significantly higher than by conventional colonoscopy (556. ±. 188. s vs. 194. ±. 158. s, respectively; P=0.0001). Conclusion: With the limitations represented by an ex vivo setting (artificially clean swine bowel and the absence of peristalsis), colonoscopy by this novel robotically-driven capsule resulted feasible and showed adequate accuracy compared to conventional colonoscopy. {\textcopyright} 2013 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l.},
added-at = {2023-05-10T16:23:27.000+0200},
author = {Arezzo, Alberto and Menciassi, Arianna and Valdastri, Pietro and Ciuti, Gastone and Lucarini, Gioia and Salerno, Marco and {Di Natali}, Christian and Verra, Mauro and Dario, Paolo and Morino, Mario},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a1581e1f9832135423eba0bca731113d/sassw},
doi = {10.1016/j.dld.2013.01.025},
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intrahash = {a1581e1f9832135423eba0bca731113d},
issn = {15908658},
journal = {Digestive and Liver Disease},
keywords = {Capsule cancer endoscopy,Colorectal platform robotic screening,Endoscopic},
number = 8,
pages = {657--662},
pmid = {23453360},
timestamp = {2023-05-10T16:23:27.000+0200},
title = {{Experimental assessment of a novel robotically-driven endoscopic capsule compared to traditional colonoscopy}},
volume = 45,
year = 2013
}