The feasibility and risk of early colonoscopy in acute diverticulitis: A prospective controlled study

Endoscopy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 521-524

  Lahat, A ^a   Yanai, H ^a   Menachem, Y ^a   Avidan, B ^a   Bar Meir, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250689071     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966399     Document Type: Article

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