Shining a New Light on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Evaluating the Effect of Green Light vs Dim Light on Performance in the Endoscopy Suite
Gastroenterologists are required to interpret visual data during endoscopy and make clinical decisions based on this data in real time. Room lighting is a key factor that affects this complex task. Hoff et al demonstrated that room light conditions affect the adenoma detection rate in screening colonoscopies.1 However, lighting remains a relatively unexplored feature of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy.
