A randomized controlled trial evaluating the usefulness of a transparent hood attached to the tip of the colonoscope

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-81

  Kondo, Shintaro ^a   Yamaji, Yutaka ^a   Watabe, Hirotsugu ^a   Yamada, Atsuo ^a   Sugimoto, Takafumi ^a   Ohta, Miki ^a   Ogura, Keiji ^a   Okamoto, Makoto ^a   Yoshida, Haruhiko ^a   Kawabe, Takao ^a   Omata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846083339     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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