Epinephrine volume reduction of giant colon polyps facilitates endoscopic assessment and removal

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1018-1022

  Hogan, Reed B ^a   Hogan III, Reed B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON POLYP; CONTROL GROUP; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER BIAS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35348939049     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.03.1078     Document Type: Article

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