A prospective trial of variable stiffness colonoscopes with different tip diameters in unsedated patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1365-1371

  Chen, Peng Jen ^a   Shih, Yu Lueng ^a   Chu, Heng Cheng ^a   Chang, Wei Kuo ^a   Hsieh, Tsai Yuan ^a   Chao, You Chen ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949125348     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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