Total water exchange colonoscopy to mitigate infection risks due to aerosolization during colonoscopy

In considering strategies to reduce disease transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of aerosolization and dispersion of SARS-CoV-2 during colonoscopy is an area of particular interest. Since colonoscopies constitute the bulk of workload for most endoscopy practices, the postponement of procedures during the pandemic has dramatically cut into revenue streams and delayed services to patients. A recent Danish study1 suggested plausible...