Follow up of patients with colorectal polyps: Are the BSG guidelines being adhered to?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-206

  Pickard, Mark ^a,b   Dewar, E P ^a   Kapadia, R C ^a   Khan, R B N ^a   Hutchinson, I F ^a   Nejim, A ^a  

^a AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSG guidelines; Colonoscopy; Colorectal polyp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33947609139     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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