Complications of colonoscopy in a large public county hospital in Greece. A 10-year study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 951-957

  Paspatis, G A ^a   Vardas, E ^a   Theodoropoulou, A ^a   Manolaraki, M M ^a   Charoniti, I ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^a   Chroniaris, N ^a   Chlouverakis, G ^b  

^a Benizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Complications; Greece

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYP; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649120622     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.02.041     Document Type: Article

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