The measurement of forces exerted during colonoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-240

  Appleyard, Mark N ^a,b   Mosse, Charles A ^a,b   Mills, Timothy N ^a,b   Bell, G Duncan ^a,b   Castillo, Fortunato D ^a,b   Swain, C Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0033842460     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2000.107218     Document Type: Article

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