First Tandem Study of Endocuff

Endocuff is one of several devices designed to improve mucosal exposure during colonoscopy. In a tandem (back-to-back) colonoscopy study, researchers in Italy randomized 288 patients to undergo Endocuff-assisted or standard colonoscopy, followed immediately by the alternate procedure.

Use of Endocuff significantly increased the adenoma detection rate from 26.3% to 29.6%. It also increased the number of conventional adenomas detected in both the right and left colon, though only among lesions <5 mm in size.