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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2020; 08(10): E1389-E1391
DOI: 10.1055/a-1226-6412
Editorial

‘I want to have virtual reality distraction during my colonoscopy!’

Cesare Hassan
Endoscopy Unit, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Giulio Antonelli
Endoscopy Unit, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Patient experience is by far the most neglected field in the dominant topic of quality of screening colonoscopy [1]. This is not surprising as historically, endoscopists’ foremost concerns have been first to complete the examination in the cecum and second to find at least one adenoma. I still remember 20 years ago the pride on the face of a trainee who was able to reach the cecum, as much as the shame and disappointment of new trainees when they failed to find at least a diminutive adenoma after an extenuating and meticulous withdrawal.



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22 September 2020

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