Proper selection of colonoscope according to gender, age and BMI of the patient

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-191

  Matsushima, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Takayoshi ^a   Tokiwa, Kayoko ^a   Teraoka, Hiromichi ^a   Ushiyama, Atsushi ^a   Saitoh, Tetsuro ^a   Watanabe, Ken Ichi ^a   Sakamoto, Ichiko ^a   Kobayashi, Kenji ^a   Watabe, Reiko ^a   Shirai, Takayuki ^a   Mine, Tetsuya ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Gender; Magnetic endoscope imaging; Variable stiffness colonoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC ENDOSCOPE IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; PATIENT SELECTION; RIGIDITY; SEDATION; TECHNIQUE; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

EID: 33745366160     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0915-5635.2006.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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