Comparison of rigid vs flexible sigmoidoscopy in detection of significant anorectal lesions

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-64

  Rao, V S R ^a,b   Ahmad, N ^a   Al Mukhtar, A ^a   Stojkovic, S ^a   Moore, P J ^a   Ahmad, S M ^a  

^a SCUNTHORPE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorectal lesions; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Rigid sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLITIS; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOM;

HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; SIGMOIDOSCOPES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 13844267444     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00701.x     Document Type: Review

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