Feasibility of colonoscopy in patients 80 years of age and older

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 1959-1961

  Tsutsumi, Soichi ^a,b   Fukushima, Haruo ^b   Osaki, Kazuyuki ^b   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Zensyukai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Elderly population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37749024418     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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