Work and resources needed for endoscopic resection of large sessile colorectal polyps

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1076-1079

  Overhiser, Andrew J ^a   Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKLOAD;

EID: 35748953466     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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