Colonoscopic polypectomy with cutting current: Is it safe?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 676-681

  Parra Blanco, Adolfo ^a   Kaminaga, Norihiro ^a   Kojima, Toshihiro ^a   Endo, Yutaka ^a   Tajiri, Akira ^a   Fujita, Rikiya ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLIP; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034044271     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2000.105203     Document Type: Article

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