Colonoscopy: A prospective report of complications

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 347-351

  Waye, Jerome D ^a   Lewis, Blair S ^b   Yessayan, Siroun ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Colonoscopy; Polypectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0027086973     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199212000-00018     Document Type: Article

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