1. Robotic colonoscopy Dr P Premchand MD FRCP
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Queens Hospital, Romford
Introducing new technique in colonoscopy

2. Painless Safe, no perforation risk No decontamination
Robotic colonoscopy
Painless
Safe, no perforation risk
No decontamination

3. Conventional colonoscopy
Require sedation in almost all cases
Painful
Perforation risk of about one in 2000 in diagnostic and up to 1 in 500 in therapeutic colonoscopy
Requires decontamination

4. Robotic colonoscopy Disposable, no decontamination No sedation
Painless (except of the air insufflation)
Only one nurse required in the room
Perforation extremely rare as no push required
Can be very useful in difficult and failed colonoscopies

5. Robotic colonoscopy Cost 600 per procedure
Takes longer and can only do 4 cases in a list
Therapeutics yet to be perfected
Can be used as first line for elderly patients with difficult colons