Use of a disposable sheath system for flexible sigmoidoscopy in decentralized colorectal cancer screening

Endoscopy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 814-818

  Bretthauer, Michael ^a,b   Hoff, G ^a,b   Thiis Evensen, E ^c   Grotmol, T ^b   Larsen, I K ^b   Kjellevold, O ^d   Skovlund, E ^e  

^a Medical department Telemark county Hospital   (Norway)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Rjukan Hospital   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DISPOSABLE SHEATH SYSTEM; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SIGMOIDOSCOPES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0036790487     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34273     Document Type: Article

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