DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND USEFULNESS OF TERMINAL ILEAL INTUBATION IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING COLONOSCOPY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING OR POST-POLYPECTOMY SURVEILLANCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Routine TII in asymptomatic patients undergoing screening or surveillance colonoscopy provides a negligible diagnostic yield for clinically significant pathology, including Crohn's disease. Our findings do not support performing routine TII during colonoscopy in this patient population.