Randomized Clinical Trial
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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2015; 21(19): 5995-6000
Published online May 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i19.5995
Efficacy and safety of a patient-positioning device (EZ-FIX) for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Seungho Lee, Joung-Ho Han, Hee Seung Lee, Ki Bae Kim, In-kwang Lee, Eun-Jong Cha, Young Duck Shin, Namgyu Park, Seon Mee Park
Seungho Lee, Joung-Ho Han, Hee Seung Lee, Ki Bae Kim, Namgyu Park, Seon Mee Park, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-711, South Korea
In-kwang Lee, Eun-Jong Cha, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju 361-711, South Korea
Young Duck Shin, Department of Anesthesiology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju 361-711, South Korea
Author contributions: Lee S, Lee HS and Han JH conceptualized the study and acquired the data; Kim KB, Lee I, Cha EJ, Shin YD, Park N and Park SM assessed the results from the picture archiving and communication system images, and were involved in the final editing and writing of the manuscript.
Supported by Korea Healthcare Technology R and D Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea (A100054).
Conflict-of-interest: All authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
Data sharing: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Joung-Ho Han, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, 410 SungBong-Ro Heungdeok-Gu, Cheongju-Si ChungBuk 361-711, South Korea. joungho@cbnu.ac.kr
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Received: November 18, 2014
Peer-review started: November 18, 2014
First decision: December 26, 2014
Revised: January 15, 2015
Accepted: February 11, 2015
Article in press: February 11, 2015
Published online: May 21, 2015
Core Tip

Core tip: Although the incidence of sedation-related complications is low, it is closely associated with endoscopy-related morbidity and mortality. Many studies on the efficacy and safety of various sedative drugs have been conducted, but none used a patient-positioning device. We planned this study to improve the safety and efficacy of sedation during endoscopy by using a patient-positioning device (EZ-FIX).