Sightline ColonoSight system for a disposable, power-assisted, non-fiber-optic colonoscopy (with video)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 701-710

  Shike, Moshe ^a   Fireman, Zvi ^a   Eliakim, Rami ^a   Segol, Ori ^a   Sloyer, Alan ^a   Cohen, Lawrence B ^a   Goldfarb Albak, Sharon ^a   Repici, Alessandro ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CLOTTING; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTUBATION; ISRAEL; ITALY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 53149122276     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.12.062     Document Type: Article

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