Technical feasibility of a newly designed bendable forceps for difficult endoscopic tissue samplings (with video)
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Technical feasibility of a newly designed bendable forceps for difficult endoscopic tissue samplings (with video) Dong Seok Lee1,2 · Ji Won Kim1 · Kook Lae Lee1 · Byeong Gwan Kim1 · Su Hwan Kim1 · Jeong‑Sik Byeon2 Received: 2 January 2020 / Accepted: 2 July 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Background Biopsies with conventional forceps beyond the operating range are difficult and cumbersome. Thus, we developed a new bendable forceps for improved access to gastrointestinal lesions and evaluated its technical feasibility. Methods A bendable forceps was constructed with two channels and a two-stage knob. The bending motion-related structures were designed to improve the range of motion. For the evaluation of the forceps, we used 2 gastrointestinal simulators: an ex vivo porcine model, and an in vivo porcine model with some difficult endoscopic biopsy cases. All evaluations were performed by 5 expert endoscopists and an expert pathologist. Results Compared with the conventional forceps, the bendable forceps had greater efficacy in the simulator (6.2 ± 0.4 vs. 1.96 ± 0.2, p
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