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Table 3 Procedure times for incomplete and complete colonoscopies

From: High success rate of repeat colonoscopy with standard endoscopes in patients referred for prior incomplete colonoscopy

Ā 

Incomplete colonoscopy

Complete colonoscopy

Pvalue1

Procedure time

N2

Median (range)

N2

Median (range)

Ā 

ā€‚Insertion time (min)

28

18.8 (8.2-42.2)

89

10.6 (0.4-135.6)

0.0043

ā€‚Withdrawal time (min)

26

3.6 (0.02-20.5)

83

10.0 (1.0-43.9)

0.0024

ā€‚Total procedure time (min)

52

20.8 (1.9-133.3)

82

22.7 (7.7-148.9)

0.065

  1. 1Wilcoxon signed rank test comparing only those patients with available time data for both incomplete and complete procedures.
  2. 2Number of patients for which time data was available from the electronic medical record.
  3. 3Nā€‰=ā€‰24.
  4. 4Nā€‰=ā€‰20.
  5. 5Nā€‰=ā€‰44.