Usefulness of A Scope Guide Assisted Colonoscopy Versus Conventional Colonoscopy

"Olympus has developed a new instrument which provides physicians a real-time, three dimensional visualization of position and configuration during colonoscopy. The Olympus ScopeGuide technology has received FDA clearance and can be used within the United States. The new technology called the 'scopeguide' has been developed that uses magnetic coils embedded into the scope to create a 3 D image of the shape of the entire scope inside the body that is projected onto the monitor to see. This acts as a GPS and shows the advancement of the scope through bends providing information on loops and thereby eliminating chances of loop formation, helping in loop reduction and also reducing the number of external maneuvers that may be required for the completion of colonoscopy."