Warm water or oil-assisted colonoscopy: Toward simpler examinations?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 581-587

  Brocchi, Emilio ^a,b   Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Tomassetti, Paola ^a   Campana, Davide ^a   Morselli Labate, Antonio M ^a   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; HOT WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE EXAMINATION; INTUBATION; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

CELLULOSE; COLONOSCOPY; CORN OIL; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LUBRICATION; PHOSPHATES; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; WATER;

EID: 40949088617     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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