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Dr. Hemant Jain and Premchand Shantidevi Research foundation, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020

DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2020/44807.13819

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Effects of Pre-Procedure Activated Dimethacone on Mucosal Visibility during Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy:A Case-Control Study

Journal article published in 2020 by Ak Koushik, V. Saketh, P. Ganesh, S. Shanmughanathan
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Introduction: Dimethicone enhances diagnostic accuracy in Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Various regimens have been tried to ease the procedure for better mucosal visibility. Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of activated dimethicone in improving endoscopic visibility. Materials and Methods: The present prospective study was carried out from February 2017 to February 2018 in a tertiary teaching hospital, Chennai, India. A total of 2917 patients aged 18-70 years were enrolled for this study. The participants were divided into group S (1540 patients) and group C (1377 patients). Group S received activated dimethicone 30 minutes before the procedure and group C underwent procedure without any pre-procedure preparation. The mucosal visibility score was evaluated in both the groups. Statistical analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS statistics (version 23.0). Unpaired student’s t-test and Pearson Chi-Square test are used for statistical analysis of the data and in both, p<0.05 was considered as significant level. Results: The mucosal visibility score in oesophagus, stomach, antrum and duodenum was significantly better in group S patients compared to group C patients. Duration of endoscopy was significantly (p-value 0.0005) shorter (7.95 min) in the group S compared with the group C (8.17 min). The amount of flush used was on an average 3 mL less for group S than group C, which was also significant (p-value 0.0005). Conclusion: Activated dimethicone pre-preparation to EGD significantly increased the mucosal visibility during procedure and decreased the endoscopy duration.