Virtual colonoscopy vs conventional colonoscopy in patients at high risk of colorectal cancer - A prospective trial of 150 patients

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-145

  White, T J ^a   Avery, G R ^b   Kennan, N ^b   Syed, A M ^b   Hartley, J E ^a   Monson, John R T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; CT colonography; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58449120094     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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