Artificial intelligence-tailored bowel preparation reduces laxative burden and promotes sustainable endoscopy

Yang-Bor Lu¹, Si-Cun Lu^{2

3}, Yung-Ning Huang¹, Yu-Chieh Weng¹, Tung-Ying Chiang¹, Pei-Ting Cheng⁴, Puo-Hsien Le⁵, Cheng-Tang Chiu⁵, Ankie T Cheung⁶, Dorothy Chan⁶, Raymond Sy Tang^{7

8}, Xiao-Bing Cui², Hong-Zhi Xu^{9

10}, Shun-Tian Cai^{9

10}, Joseph Jy Sung^{7

8

11}, Thomas Yt Lam^{6

8}, Wei Gong^{12

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Digestive Disease, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
³ Shenzhen School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
⁴ Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁶ The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁹ Department of Gastroenterology, The National Key Clinical Specialty, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
¹⁰ Clinical Research Center for Gut Microbiota and Digestive Diseases of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Intestinal Microbiome and Human Health, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
¹¹ Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
¹² Department of Gastroenterology, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China gongwei@smu.edu.cn.

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Yang-Bor Lu et al. Gut. 2025.

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. 2025 Aug 12:gutjnl-2025-336200.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2025-336200. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Digestive Disease, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
³ Shenzhen School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
⁴ Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Main Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁶ The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁹ Department of Gastroenterology, The National Key Clinical Specialty, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
¹⁰ Clinical Research Center for Gut Microbiota and Digestive Diseases of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Intestinal Microbiome and Human Health, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
¹¹ Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
¹² Department of Gastroenterology, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China gongwei@smu.edu.cn.

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Keywords: AI (Artificial Intelligence); COLONOSCOPY; LAXATIVES.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.