Risk Factors Of Inadequate Bowel Preparation Before Colonoscopy In Outpatients Clinics: A Single Center Prospective Study

Because bowel preparation quality is closely related to the quality of colonoscopy, to improve it is a very important issue. Inadequate bowel preparation can actually result in prolonged time of procedure, missed lesions and increased complication rates. This prospective study was designed to evaluate the quality of bowel preparation and to identify the predictive factors for poor bowel preparation in outpatient clinic setting.