J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
May 2019
Objectives: Colonoscopy with terminal ileal (TI) intubation is an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in the care of children with digestive diseases, especially in those with inflammatory bowel disease. Ileal intubation rate is a recognized quality indicator for pediatric colonoscopy. Our primary aim was to identify our single-center ileal intubation rate and to secondarily identify specific factors, including bowel preparation quality, procedure duration, and cecal intubation rates which affect successful ileal intubation and by extension, complete colonoscopy.
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