Routine colonoscopy with a standard gastroscope. A randomized comparative trial in a western population

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-446

  Wehrmann, Till ^a   Lechowicz, Izabel ^a   Martchenko, Ksenia ^a   Riphaus, Andrea ^a  

^a Klinikum Region Hannover GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colon cancer screening; Colonoscopy; Upper GI scope

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; TIME;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCOPES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42649115779     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0415-7     Document Type: Article

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