Colonoscopy in the very elderly: A review of 157 cases

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1806-1809

  Zerey, Marc ^a   Paton, B Lauren ^a   Khan, Philip D ^a   Lincourt, Amy E ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Greene, Frederick L ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548651388     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9269-x     Document Type: Article

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