Abstract:Background: Although several trials have showed that addition of antifoaming agent to polyethylene glycol (PEG) can improve bowel preparation, whether PEG plus antifoaming agent has a beneficial role in detection of benign tumours during colonoscopy has yet to be confirmed. Our aim was to clarify whether adding simethicone to PEG solution could improve the effect of detection of colorectal benign tumours.Methods: The PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for articles published prior to S… Show more
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