A comparison of colonoscopy and double-contrast barium enema for surveillance after polypectomy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 1766-1772

  Winawer, Sidney J ^a   Stewart, Edward T ^e   Zauber, Ann G ^a   Bond, John H ^e   Ansel, Howard ^e   Waye, Jerome D ^b   Hall, Deborah ^e   Hamlin, J Andrew ^c   Schapiro, Melvin ^d   O'Brien, Michael J ^e   Sternberg, Stephen S ^a   Gottlieb, Leonard S ^e   Hogan, Walter J ^e   Khilnani, Mansho ^b   Ackroyd, Frederick W ^e   Panish, Joel F ^c   Kussin, Larry ^d   Edelman, Martin ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Valley Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADENOMA; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; ENEMA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0034660436     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200006153422401     Document Type: Article

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