Tapered colonoscope performs better than the pediatric colonoscope in female patients: a direct comparison through tandem colonoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1042-1047

  Anderson, Joseph C ^a   Walker, Grace ^a   Birk, John W ^a   Alpern, Zvi ^a   Von Althen, Isabelle ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PEDIATRIC COLONOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM COLONOSCOPY; TAPERED COLONOSCOPE; UNIVERSITY;

CECUM; COLON; COLONOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248662677     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.06.084     Document Type: Article

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