Impact of bending section length on insertion and retroflexion properties of pediatric and adult colonoscopes

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1290-1295

  Kessler, William R ^a   Rex, Douglas K ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CECUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY;

CECUM; COLON; COLONOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PLIABILITY;

EID: 21344464685     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41454.x     Document Type: Article

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