Achieving cecal intubation in the very difficult colon

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 938-944

  Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; CECUM; COLON; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTUBATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOID; SKILL; SURGEON; TECHNIQUE; TUBE; UNITED STATES;

CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42649094186     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.12.028     Document Type: Review

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