Factors affecting the technical difficulty of colonoscopy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 77, 2007, Pages 1403-1406

  Se, Yong Oh ^a   Chong, Il Sohn ^a   In, Kyung Sung ^a   Dong, Il Park ^a   Mun, Su Kang ^a   Tae, Woo Yoo ^a   Jung, Ho Park ^a   Hong, Joo Kim ^a   Yong, Kyun Cho ^a   Woo, Kyu Jeon ^a   Byung, Ik Kim ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cecal intubation time; Colonoscopy; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CECUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; INTUBATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34547616266     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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