Flexible nasendoscope with a disposable-sheath system versus standard nasendoscopy: A prospective, randomized trial

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-83

  Winter, S C A ^a   Thirwell, A ^b   Jervis, P ^c  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Regional Rotation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EndosheathTM; Nasendoscopy; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NASENDOSCOPY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0036091715     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2002.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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