Evaluation of a novel colonoscope designed for easier passage through flexures: A randomized study

Endoscopy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1123-1126

  Hoff, G ^a   Bretthauer, M ^a   Huppertz Hauss, G ^a   Sauar, J ^a   Paulsen, J ^a   Dahler, S ^a   Kjellevold, O ^a  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CECUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIGMOID; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27644482402     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-870444     Document Type: Article

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